ACL Surgery Recovery Timeline Although every individual is different, you can expect the following rough timeline for ACL surgery recovery:1,2 The First 2 Weeks After Surgery This is a critical time in the recovery process because it’s when your body is most vulnerable. However small, surgery ...
We hypothesize that testosterone will minimize the reductions or potentially increase muscle mass and strength following surgery and may hasten a patient’s return to physical activity. If testosterone improves recovery after ACL surgery, the same treatment may be used for other injuries that involve ...
Return to play, however, is NOT the same as return to performance, and it can take a year -- or longer -- for an athlete to return to his prior level of function following ACL surgery. Multiple variables can influence the recovery timeline ranging from associa...
POST SURGERY Dr. Taylor:"The recovery starts at the time of surgery. It is an active recovery. Right after surgery, we work very aggressively on having the patient try to improve their range of motion, avoid stiffness and also work very hard to try to get the quadriceps muscle of the th...