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What is your physical potential after having acl surgery?
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Normal: Our goal for acl reconstruction is to return you to your pre-injury state. Our studies show 50-70% or patients get back to their previous level of activity.
Answered 4/3/2019
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Normal function: Goal of surgery is full functional recovery, including high level athletics. Elite level athletes may take 1 to 1 1/2 years to return to their elite level. Substantial therapy and restrengthening is needed to get this good result.
Answered 2/7/2016
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Back to normal: Isolated acl reconstruction for a torn acl should return your knee function back to normal once rehabilittion and graft maturatin have occurred at about 6 months after surgery. Concomitant cartialge and/or meniscal pathology may limit your overall recovery somewhat.
Answered 12/9/2013
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