RE: [RC] Knee Surgery/Recovery -- Human - Ranelle Rubin
Val,
There is life after knee surgery, I am here to say! I had ACL repair with a patella tendon graft. I also had a nasty tear on the medial meniscus (as opposed to lateral, which is what yours sounds like) which fortunately was able to be repaired. They started with arthroscopic, then when they saw the severity of the ACL tear, they opened up my knee.
I still ski, ride endurance, and have no issues with that knee. I rode my horse about 3 mos. after my surg. Fortunately, I was living in Tahoe, so the urge to ride sooner was tempered by the very cold weather in the Carson Valley where my horse spent the winters. I did a 50 that summer with no problems..haven't stopped since. I did ski with a brace the next year though, then ditched it. Never tried riding with the brace..figured my horse would be doing circles!
Best of luck..do your PT as directed and you will be fine. I rehabbed with swimming/stationary bike riding.
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Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 23:27:20 -0600 From: vnicoson@xxxxxxxxx To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] Knee Surgery/Recovery -- Human
I'm going in for arthroscopic knee surgery in less than 2 weeks and am curious how others have recovered and time frame of such. I am in my middle 50s with a horizontal and a vertical tear in the meniscus on the outside of my knee (is that posterior?). I know it locks when I'm on my hands and knees and I can usually undo it within 5-15 minutes by 'working' my knee around. The other day I swung out of bed wrong and boy did that knee pull a nasty...could not undo it at all for awhile, more painful feeling, swelling below and to the inside of my knee (now what?!??) and took about 2 days before it felt more normal and I know it still isn't quite 'right'.
Doctor doesn't want me returning to work for 3 weeks as I work on the second level without an elevator (2 flights of stairs). He doesn't propose to prescribe any physical therapy either...I'll push for this if needed though...we'll see how things go.
Is there anything I can do while off that will enhance my ability to get back to riding again?
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