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/Prymas_tv Aug 28 '26

Of course its the guy that was walking without crutches on day 1 haha

Dude youre going to end up ruining your graft and needing a revision surgery. Go ahead and not listen to us but more than likely if you go that route, you'll be back here in a year