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Should you immobilize your leg after tearing your ACL?
One of the most common ACL questions I get is how much range of motion you should have at various points after surgery. I get this at the most acute stage. When people are within 14 days post-op and realize, “Holy shit, my leg looks like a bowling ball, I can’t move it, and I’m […]
My visit to Stanford University’s Clinical Anatomy Lab
January 21, 2014
I recently visited Stanford University’s School of Medicine, specifically their Division of Clinical Anatomy. About a month prior to visiting I found they offered anatomy tutorials open to what seems to be anyone. I have a good deal of anatomy background, I talk about it all the time, I took your standard Anatomy and Physiology […]
The biggest mistakes ACL patients make
October 23, 2013
It’s been almost two years since I had reconstructive ACL surgery. Between personal experience, those I’ve worked with, the emails and comments I’ve received, a few patterns have emerged as to what mistakes I see people making. – Lack of mental preparation Far and away the most common thing I get from people, post surgery, […]
A different explanation for Adrian Peterson’s amazing ACL recovery
August 7, 2013
“Amazing.” “Unbelievable.” These are the words most often thrown around when discussing Adrian Peterson’s recovery from reconstructive ACL surgery. His own surgeon, James Andrews, doesn’t have an explanation for how he’s done it. Referring to him as “superhuman.” Andrews is pretty much a god in this world. By his own estimation about 50% NFL athletes who […]
Another way to illustrate how serious ACL surgery is
June 17, 2013
This is not meant to be a political post. It’s meant to elucidate how serious ACL surgery is. This is the stuff your surgeon won’t tell you about. I tore my ACL when I was 24 years old, I had surgery 7 months later briefly after turning 25, 18 months later (now) I’m 26 years […]
Timing for an ACL surgery- Is it a good idea to have surgery 3 months before your wedding?
June 12, 2013
A question from Will; a question more people should ask themselves! Dear Brian, Hi! I would just like to say first of all that I have really enjoyed all of the information you have put together on your website. You write really well, the articles are informative and entertaining, and the material is clearly well […]
ACL rehabilitation month 6
July 23, 2012
As I talked about in ACL Rehab Month 5, in month 6 I took some time off. I took a break from any heavier lifting and intense running. I also went on vacation for 10 days to Vancouver, Seattle, and Portland. All I have to say about that is if you ever get a chance […]
A better single leg exercise than pistols
July 12, 2012
A common proclamation for doing single leg exercises is, “We walk, run, etc. with one leg on the ground, we should perform exercises in this fashion to be “functional.”” Let’s look at the poor logic of this statement for one moment: 1) Uhh, we don’t walk, run, etc. with bars / dumbbells in our hands […]
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