April 6, 2011 with 42 Comments and Posted in ACL Surgery Rehab Video by Jon Haver
It has now been almost 4 months since I have right ACL surgery. My recovery has continued to progress reasonably well. My biggest lesson for learning how to run after ACL surgery is below… This m
March 11, 2011 with 1 Comment and Posted in ACL Surgery Rehab Video by Jon Haver
Derick injured his knee playing basketball and has had a lot of success following the same ACL surgery exercises I have. Below is his story of how he injured his knee and is working extremely hard on
January 15, 2011 with 10 Comments and Posted in ACL Surgery Rehab Video by Jon Haver
Getting your knee to zero degrees after knee surgery, especially ACL surgery, can be very difficult. It can be very tempting to have your leg elevated and bent comfortably with a pillow supporting it.
December 23, 2010 with 3 Comments and Posted in ACL Surgery Rehab Video by Jon Haver
For week 2 I continued with all of the exercises from week 1 including, heel prop, heel slides, prone knee flexion and straight leg raises. A few exercises were added including lunges, sit/stand and s
December 12, 2010 with No Comments and Posted in ACL Surgery Rehab Video by Jon Haver
This ACL surgery recovery exercise is the straight leg raise. It is used to help the quad and hamstring muscle begin to work again. After surgery these muscles will not be being used very much and the
December 11, 2010 with No Comments and Posted in ACL Surgery Rehab Video by Jon Haver
The easiest exercise that the physio gave me to complete over the first couple of weeks is ankle rotation, pumps and flexes. The purpose of the exercise is to get the blod moving in the lower leg. Swe
December 11, 2010 with No Comments and Posted in ACL Surgery Rehab Video by Jon Haver
Heel slides are used during week 1 of ACL surgery rehab to help improve the strength and range of motion of the right knee. I find this exercise to be very effective at increasing the range of motion
December 11, 2010 with 3 Comments and Posted in ACL Surgery Rehab Video by Jon Haver
To help increase the range of motion in the knee that ACL reconstruction was done on this post ACL surgery exercise is recommended during the first week of rehabilitation. The prone knee flexion invol
December 11, 2010 with No Comments and Posted in ACL Surgery Rehab Video by Jon Haver
Improving the range of motion of your knee and getting it to lay flat is one of the first critical goals of post operative ACL surgery rehab. This exercise helps the timing of the firing of your quad
December 11, 2010 with 5 Comments and Posted in ACL Surgery Rehab Video by Jon Haver
The first exercise that I have been instructed to do is to get my knee flexion to 0 degrees, or so that my femur and tibia are parallel. Sometimes surgeons deem this to be important enough that they l
My name is Jon Haver, I have torn my ACL in my right leg twice and along the way have learned a thing or two about how to recover from ACL knee surgery. With the latest surgery Dec 8, 2010 I plan on sharing the exercises, pain mangement strategy and timeline for my recovery. In addition to helping people with their ACL surgery recovery the purpose of this site is to help me stay fully committed to my ACL rehab and be certain this was my last ACL surgery.
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