onceahardman
Apr 18, 2009, 1:20 PM
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1) Make sure you have a great surgeon. You want someone who cuts professional or major college athletes.
2) Make sure he/she understands what your goals are. (Make sure you do too!)
3) 6 months is a super-exceptional outlier for professional athletes with on-staff trainers and therapists doing daily rehab, to return to playing sports at a professional level. .12-24 months to "full recovery".
4) First focus is getting full motion back for a climber. Be aware, some surgical candidates, REGARDLESS of who is doing the rehab, NEVER get full flexion back. (arthrofibrosis). This can be a considerable hindrance to your climbing.
5) Keep your hamstrings very strong, and don't do "quadriceps extensions", ever. Closed-chain only. Squats, lunges, and creative variants thereof.
Good luck, keep in touch regarding how rehab is going. Stuff like this can really improve the site.
edited due to poor counting skills.
(This post was edited by onceahardman on Apr 19, 2009, 2:59 AM)
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