Archive for the ACL Surgery Recovery Category
April 14, 2012 with 4 Comments and Posted in ACL Surgery Recovery by Jon Haver
Like many of you I am in the office for a large portion of the day and depending on my day I may not get much exercise in. But if we want to avoid re-injuring our knees it’s very important to be kee
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Tags: ACL Injury,ACL Surgery Recovery,knee strength,Knee Strengthening Exercise
March 8, 2012 with 19 Comments and Posted in ACL Surgery Recovery by Jon Haver
If you are about to have ACL reconstruction surgery than you are likely struggling with some of these common recovery fears. Many of these fears are valid while some are likely not, but they all deser
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Tags: 7 ACL Reconstruction Recovery Fears,ACL Reconstruction,ACL Surgery,Pain,Re-Tear,Scar,Sports,Weight Loss,Work After ACL Surgery
January 14, 2012 with 3 Comments and Posted in ACL Surgery Recovery by Jon Haver
If you have torn your ACL and are concerned about your meniscus and the pain it causes when damaged then you will be interested in the success story of this 58 year old. People are often writing me
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Tags: Arthritis,Flexcin Joint Supplement,Glucosamine,Knee Joint Pain,Supplement for Knee,Zyflamend
November 9, 2011 with 4 Comments and Posted in ACL Surgery Recovery by Jon Haver
A little while ago a reader wrote me to ask a few questions about my ACL surgery recovery and his ACL surgery story I thought was worth sharing. The interesting part about Ben's story is the irony of
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Tags: My ACL Surgery,My ACL Surgery Recovery
September 14, 2011 with 7 Comments and Posted in ACL Surgery Recovery by Jon Haver
Once you have realized that you’re ACL is torn it’s time to start looking for a surgeon. This process can be stressful, wanting to make sure you pick the “best” acl knee surgeon. I was in the
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Tags: ACL Knee Surgery,Doctor,Orthopedic Surgeon,Pick a ACL Knee Surgeon,Rate my MD,Surgeon
August 10, 2011 with 6 Comments and Posted in ACL Surgery Recovery by Jon Haver
It has now been eight months after ACL surgery and my wife and I were able to go on a relatively tough backpacking trip. If you are wanting to be able to hike or camp after acl surgery here are some
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Tags: After ACl Surgery,Backpack Weight,Camping,Hiking,Walking
June 15, 2011 with No Comments and Posted in ACL Surgery Recovery by Jon Haver
I am now a little over 6 months out of surgery and everything has continued to progress well. With the weather improving I tried swimming but the water was still pretty cold in the lake. I have had 2
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Tags: Running After ACL Surgery,running in sand
May 23, 2011 with 6 Comments and Posted in ACL Surgery Recovery by Jon Haver
Do I still need to go to rehab 5.5 months after ACL surgery? I have been out of ACL surgery for 5.5 months and recovery has been going well...
I have been exceptionally busy with work and it's be
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Tags: 5.5 months,ACL Surgery,Exercises,Knee,Physio,Rehab,Rehab after ACL surgery
May 11, 2011 with 12 Comments and Posted in ACL Surgery Recovery by Jon Haver
This past week I have been on vacation in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina enjoying some great hikes, mountain bikes and runs with my wife and dog. This has been the first week since my sur
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Tags: 5 Months,ACL Recovery,ACL Surgery,Hiking,Mountain Biking,North Carolina,Running
April 17, 2011 with 5 Comments and Posted in ACL Surgery Recovery by Jon Haver
I have been talking with some of the readers of this blog and they requested a list of the items I used to recover from ACL surgery. Based on those discussions I though it would be really helpful for
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Tags: ACL Surgery Recovery,Before ACL Surgery,Pre ACL Surgery,Prepare for ACL surgery
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