Week Two B

I saw a patient who is 6 weeks post op ACL reconstruction with a hamstring graft. This patient is difficult because he does triathlons and is used to going to the gym everyday and just wants to get back to doing running and riding long distances. We have to keep reminding him that he can only closed chain exercises and must only do the exercises we prescribe him.

This patient now comes in to a gym program and hydro program 3x a week. To add to this patient he is workers compensation but this isn’t affecting his willingness to return to work or to get better which I am relived. The main thing I am doing with this patient is progressing the exercised effectively and monitoring his technique. I think I am doing this well I just have to keep in mind the strength of the graft and its healing.

I want to look in to the ACL surgery and different rehabilitation programs for it as well as making some functional exercises for him to do so he doesn’t loose focus and try to over go his limits.