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Message: [QUOTE="Thump, post: 191950, member: 1034"] Yeah the doc told me the same thing.... Here is my list of booboo's: Complete tear of ACL Partial LCL Partial MCL Torn Meniscus Opened left knee to rob spare parts to rebuild the right so it was a double whammy! Blew the knee up 12.3.00. Surgery 12.23.00, Walked with crutches 12.24.00 and went home... Was with out crutches walking and bending knee 110 by day 7. Began jogging on a track week 4 (doc told me week 12) Passed the electronic Cybex Machine 3 months to the day (normally that occurs @ month 6, it was supposed to just show me how much work I still had to do...LOL) Began sprints and Long runs (5-7 miles a day 7days a week) month 3. Was given clearance to ride month 5 with braces, doc said I was never to ride with out the Asterisk. Listen to what your doc says about the graft needing time to get blood but rehab the SOB like a freak and you really will be better than before. 6 months is a rule of thumb, the graft will actually take about a year to fully grow all vessles and become "alive" at week 6-8 the graft is at its weakest point, so don't fall down, but the 6 months is the rule because it takes most people that long to get the muscles back to strength along with the graft strengthening. if you slack on rehab you will be more likely to wait 7-9 months... My doc continued to get angry with me over my rehab because I would not take it easy and it continued to swell into month 6, but then again he had never had someone pass the Cybex at month 3.... Worry about the muscle strength and flexibility and let your body heal the inside. [/QUOTE]

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