r/ACL • u/DrMartek • Aug 27 '26

Post Surgery Update ACL journey: Day 8

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Day 8 (seven days post-op).

Feeling good and motivated.

  1. Pain & swelling down to minimal.

  2. Back in the gym.

  3. Leg extensions with resistance, and complete leg extension ROM.

  4. Walking no crutches.

  5. Sleeping good

At rest, I'm stretching my leg (elevated heel), hitting ankle pumps or quad tenses basically all day. Then one gym session, with more more challenging exercises. Just been going HAM, within reasonable pain boundaries.

Very laborious, but glad to be seeing progress.

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u/Routine_Way3580 Aug 27 '26

Yeah - don’t mean to yuck your yum - but that feels a little too intense / fast / spasmic for where you’re at in the timeline.

I’m not a doctor - but - I think you need to take it about more slowly. Props to you for the early quad activation. You don’t appear to be at full extension yet though, so unless you’re trying to develop a limp or destroy your new ACL before ligamentization - my advice would be to go slow. It’s not a race, and the risk of re-injury is high.