Nearly 8 months post op (1 week away)

I had my 'final' appointment with my surgeon this morning unless I want to go ahead and play soccer next season in which case he will do an assessment to ensure I am ready. Once again my surgeon was very happy with how I've progressed and says I've come a long way since the early days and the complications I had. He asked what stage of my rehab I was up to and I filled him in saying that I have started weaving between cones when running, hoping between 4 different points of a square whilst supporting my weight on a bench along with all the usual activities - leg weights, bike riding, walking, using the cross trainer and running.

He then said I was ready to start light cricket training (batting in the nets) which is great news! Mind you since I've been cleared to play golf I still haven't done so up to now! I'm looking forward to playing both golf and cricket hopefully and will provide an update once I do so. My surgeon agreed that my plan to first play a season of cricket and then decide whether I want to soccer or not is a good one. So overall a good outcome and I can not wait to get back to playing sport!

Next Phase of Rehab

After recovering from a virus I'm now back on track and enter the next phase of my rehab program. I haven't been able to do as much as I would have liked lately due to the virus I had an work but I'm looking forward to stepping it back up especially after seeing my physio yesterday. The following is a summary of the session with him:

• He stated that my knee is looking very good, the graft is strong and the supporting muscles are coming up well
• He took a measurement around my quad/hamstring. The first measurement was taken 7cm up my quad and the next one was taken 18 cm up my quad. Each time there was only 1cm difference and he was impressed with the progress I've made. The measurements (relaxed) 18 cm up for the good leg was 56cm whilst the operating leg was 55cm
• He got me to hop without support on each leg. He said that I'm still thinking about it when hopping on the operated leg whilst with the other leg it's more natural. He said that there's not as much spring in the operated leg and I'm clunking on it on landing
• He wants me to hop between 4 points of a square diagonally whilst supporting my body weight on a bench or table
• He wants me to commencing weaving between cones (5m apart) when running. In 5-6 weeks time I can reduce the distance between the cones
• He wants me to do more walking, 3 times a week 6-7 kms each time
• He wants me to continue running, bike riding and weights twice a week
• He said I will be able to kneel with comfort after around 12-18 months (after I asked the question)
• He said that returning to cricket in September still on track and should be no issues. I can commence playing golf :)

My next appointment with my physio is on the 16th of June. I went for a run last night at training (approx 4km in total) and did some weaving as well as some hopping between the 4 different points of a square. It's great to be able to do something different and I'm looking forward to hopefully making good progress in my next phase of rehab.