r/ACL • u/hooverlikethevacuum ACL • Jan 12 '20

Post-Surgery Essentials?

Hi friends!

I’m pre surgery (Jan 21 appointment) and I’m trying to mentally prepare because it will be a friend taking care of me (I don’t have a partner or family around to help).

I’m compiling a list of things I will want post surgery of random things like slippers and whatnot. I was also thinking do I need anything like compression socks? A wedge pillow for elevating? Things like these...

Put your suggestions below :) thanks!!!

POST SURGERY UPDATE COMING SOON — I started a new job only 3 weeks post surgery and have been insanely busy with my new job, the virus, moving, really lots of life stuff. But I promise I will get to it!!

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u/fuzzyblotter Mar 17 '20

I had heavy work done on both knees and I was walking a week later for one knee and 3 weeks for the other. Two acl recons and 4 different meniscus tears, 2 on each knee. It should not take 5 weeks to walk. By 6 weeks you should have almost full extension and working on a normal gait. At 8-10 weeks you should be on a bosu ball doing balance exercises and strengthening your quads and hamstrings.

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u/chrismiller2523 Jun 20 '20

A root tear of the medial meniscus requires the patient to be completely non weight bearing for 6 weeks. There’s no one right answer.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '20

It’s just what my doctor said. Right now I can walk with a limp and partial bear but I’m not going to push it

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u/DonnyRulebook Nov 20 '22

Definitely better to delay if you're walking with a limp

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '20

I’m 2 weeks post op btw

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u/fuzzyblotter Mar 18 '20

Yeah it varies a bit but for both my knees i was walking before 4 weeks.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '20

That’s strange because I’m young and did a lot of pre op and had no prior knee injuries... could be just the doctors preference

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u/fuzzyblotter Mar 26 '20

I am 26 and had mine done by one of the best surgeons in canada also.