5 Weeks after ACL Reconstruction at Sanders Clinic

[Norfeusz1989]

Sanders Clinic is best clinic ever, but fucking far from my country :/

[amnesia622]

I've gone to Dr. Mark for a broken tib/fib/ BEST move of my life. The videos are all real the results i achieved are amazing. Goto Texas and see him you will not regret it if you have any questions on my experience msg me and i'll be happy to talk.

[gemcxx]

I am 30y/o male, active and strong legs from cycling. I have watched many of the Saunders videos before and after my ACL reconstruction (hamstring graft), MCL repair, and cartilage and meniscus repair surgery 4 weeks ago. I was skeptical about some of the 1 Day after surgery videos, but I think its possible if you only under went ACL reconstruction and no damage to your cartilage/meniscus. Do your physio BEFORE and AFTER surgery. Push yourself within the doctors orders. Its a slow process.

[soccerfanof3and7]

This is very real. My 14 year old daughter just had her ACL repaired by Dr. Sanders on Wednesday August 3, 2011. Today is August 6, 2011 and she had done everything I have seen in the videos from the Sanders Clinic. She had a complete ACL reconstruction. She is already bending her knees to 145 degrees. Dr. Sanders has called everyday to the Therapist, Allen, to check on her progress. She is only three days out and started doing wall squats today.

[jbeatakabunit]

video was nice to see. i recently torn my acl and its been pretty rough. 2 weeks have passed since the injury, surgery is needed, but yet i am apparently way behind in my degree of motion for this time period according to my surgeon. i am a die hard ball player who wants nothing more to be back on the diamond and to be back to work, i work as a bouncer. anyone out there have any advice for me about how to prepare myself for the apparent long road ahead? anything at this point is appreciated.thnx

[tunney101]

you are hot

[davem732006]

what the song from 4 mins?

[tunney101]

@davem732006 its called shut the fuck up by suck my dick

[furmanmontez]

shes beautiful !

[29elche]

hey yo pregunto si hay una en marylan.....

[bnanamkin]

wish you were closer to me, then I would come see you. At 28 years of age, I shouldn't feel "restricted" in my activities. Never had surgery, but was told to pretty much give up sports and snowboarding, and I quote, "You should just avoid those activities." 

[sandersclinic]

@bnanamkin where do you live?

[bnanamkin]

@sandersclinic Mt. Vernon, WA .... 60 miles north of Seattle

[tateops]

This surgery looks fantastic, I am very impressed with your skilled work and ability to get patients back to doing what they love as quickly as possible. I applauded the techniques which concentrate on patients actually committing to rehab, anyone who is serious about sporting prowess or even maintaining a well functioning body should have this dedication. Props to you and your clinic.

[sidugrankar]

I am going to begin my 6th month post surgery. This video is a very promising sign to help me get back to squash soon. I played today but with very little intensity. But I am still not clear on what can actually go wrong with my knee now? I am confident that my knee will survive because i played with no ACL for close to a year. yes I know the bone degeneration etc which was stupidity on my part. So my question is, when are you really ready? Is it all mental?

[AlucardKyuubi]

yep i know i need to take care of this... i probably won't go on snow and ice 9 months... but ill try rock 2 months after operation and again 3 weeks

[AlucardKyuubi]

i had acl surgery exactly 2w and 2 days ago...

now i can bend knee 70° inside angle (110°regular outside)

only a little pain more from place where they took 2/3 of tendons below my knee

they removed 2/3 od medial meniscus and 1/3 od lateral meniscus....

but rehabilitation is going well, hope to be back in mountains and on ice and snow in 2 months :D :P btw i am mounteer and alpinist :)

[chasingamy77]

@AlucardKyuubi be careful, my surg was 2/12/10 and they told me i was barred from the snow until next year :) I think my doc is a teensy suspicious that i might take my new acl on a snowboarding test-run ha... hope you feel better very soon

[lee7726]

Look everyone reacts differently to surgery. People who think this is a small operation are stupid. Its not called knee reconstruction for nothing.. Swelling and lack of motion can never be ruled out. I should know I snapped my medial and acl ligaments at the same time. Im still rehabing hard 9 months later

[geckopaws2]

I feel like this gave me hope!! I am 2 months post op and I had a dislocated, partially shattered patella as well as torn cartilidge that needed to be reconstructed.  I have a three and half inch scar going down my left knee. I still walk with a cane.

[wayoutfilms]

had acl reconstruction 1 week and 4 days ago. i cant walk and my entire leg is swollen. i start phys today. i cant walk is this normal :(

[chasingamy77]

@wayoutfilms seems like you're starting pt too early, but that is STRICTLY up to your doc. of course it's normal....just have faith, it will get better.

[jasonchampion11]

I should add not only was my ACL tore I also tore my MCL and my maniscus was also torn in 2 different places

[jasonchampion11]

I'm a 31 year old male and I'm about 5 weeks post op and have very similar progress.

If you have a great surgeon and work hard after this kind of progress is achievable.

The only thing I have herd of different is that it takes 6 months for the bone to cure and being full integrated into a sport that has high stress on the knee is not recommended. However, I'm not too sure if that was a forum or from my doc. I will have to ask my next visit which is my 5 week appointment next week.

[CHRISfromRI]

Best bet is to use a section of achilles tendon tissue obtained and screened from a cadaver, eliminating the patient's secondary wound site altogether via an allograft. Last season I skied 61 days on my allograft - which was 8 months "old" at the start of the ski season. I can also kneel without pain - which I hear is unlikely on a patella harvested knee. My allograft was done in Boston.

[huggibunny527]

My life wasnt living hell and i had the acl harvested from the same knee i tore my leg didnt even hurt the only time my knee hurt was right after i woke up from surgery and that was the only time i was in pain my entire surgery anyother time i had absolutely no pain at all just because u harvest it from the other leg doesnt mean its going to hurt less it just means u r going to have a little longer recovery cause u have to wait for both knee s to heal

[sandersclinic]

The opposite patella tendon is harvested such that the post op pain and need for rehab is divided amongst both knees. Both knees rehab at the same time. The advantage is that in dedicated athletes, they can safely return to sports at three mohths. Our clinic doesnt accept couch potatoes who watch rather than participate in sports,

Mark Sanders MD FACS

[n03113]

@sandersclinic I'm sure you'll accept anyone who throws money at you to do the surgery and rehab - I just finished reconstruction surgery a few days ago and have begun the PT. I'm very lucky that my doctors urged me to get the surgery despite my recent lack of time to dedicate to my activities I enjoy. I think it's appalling - using youtube to advertise your clinic only to make such a careless statement. Non sports folks deserve medical treatment just as any other.

[JulianBotnarenko]

umm why would they harvest the other legs tendon? thats making it a living hell for the girl! surgeons tend to avoid that technique. im 6 weeks post revision acl, im doing much better then my first time around!

[sandersclinic]

The purpose of harvesting the graft fromt he other leg is to decrease her post operative pain and disability. Look at the video, does it look like she is in a living hell? I don't think so. Living hell is what you had, having to have had it done twice.

[sandersclinic]

You might look ast some other videos, one of her doing her first day exercises, and another of her skiing at four months that have been posted.

[JulianBotnarenko]

o I have. But i must say, i have proposed the idea to my surgeon about the contralateral harvesting, they completely dismissed that suggestion and told me that i would be dealing with 2 bad knees, and for a high performance athlete its not the best choice. so thats why i questioned the operative technique. I had my primary done in houston and it failed due to poor surgical choices that it needed 2 more just to fix the initial surgery

[sandersclinic]

Surgeons tell you what they can and can't do. Being human and subject to the rules of human nature, they usually poopoo what they don't have the skils to sucessfully do. Its kinda like the Aesops fable about the fox and the high hanging grapes. II would assume it in this man or woman's hands harvesting a graft from the other knee causes a living hell or two bad knees, then they are wise not to do it. Unfortunately, human nature causes them to to say its not a good idea.

[chasingamy77]

just makes me think this girl is taking unnecessary risks to promote the idea of accelerated healing....maybe if you could show a video of what would happen if say she hurt herself slipping on ice in the parking lot or hitting a mogul a tad too fast....I'm just saying: It all looks good because none of the what-if's are represented. right?

[sandersclinic]

Accelerated rehabiltation has been around for about 20 years and has been validated in the peer reviewed literrature. With patella tendon autografts return to sports in as little as 3 months has not led to a larger number of failures.

As far as slipping on ice is concerned, I have had way more falls when people on on crutches carrying the injured leg than when people are walking on their own two feet as they have done their whole lives. Crutches are dangrous.

[crankerchick]

No fancy clinic? LOL. This isn't a "fancy clinic" (sorry doc) it's a normal doctor's office with a doctor, nurses, PA's, and physical therapists. And the video is very real, check out her other ones. It's very important to follow your doctor's post-op protocol though, as every doctor has their own way of doing things.

[jeffb2008]

im 6 weeks post op,am back @ work,workin in a 6 story buildin,walkin up and down the 6 flyts of stairs all day,plus doin alot of the other stuff,so it very possible and i had mine done on the NHS in england,no fancy clinic!!!!

[bustagrooves]

week 5, i don't think so, i'm sucispcious

[CollingwoodLakersAB]

im 15 i did mine playing footy and i had arthriscopic surgury to repair it where they took a tendon from my hammy and used that. 3 Weeks and 2 days later im feeling good as - more than likely will be walking fully in a week or so - i can walk pretty much now but not fully properly. its not reallly that big a deal - i dont think so anyway - ill be back out there slotting goals in no time

[bluewatersnyc]

I'm into my 6th week post arthroscopic ACL surgery (allograft) and is definitely not close to this patient's recovery. this is definitely not a typical of acl recovery & can be misleading without info on the patient's background and the rehab protocol.

i thought doctors advise that we avoid the stairs for a bit even after full recovery (which usually takes 10 months) to avoid stress on the knees?

[sandersclinic]

This patient is a typical 26 year old female recreational athlete. We have an accelerated rehab program for our ACL pateints. We allow patients to do steps from the first day. This program is designed for our patients and is not suitable for those who have lower strength grafts or less durable fixation. The short story is if we didn't do the surgery, don't try this at home. Do or don't do exactly what your Doc says.

[freddie212]

I'm in my 4th week post arthroscopic ACL reconstruction, using an autograft of hamstring (semitendinosus and gracillis) from the affected leg, performed by a knee specialist in London, England. I'm using stairs normally and have been for about a week, although I wouldn't want to do 17 floors just yet! Also doing the bike exercises and step-ups but not the jumps, yet. I walked a mile today. Rehab varies according to graft used and the surgeon's skill. My surgeon refuses to use allografts.

[diegolmedo]

im in love of that girl.. so sexy

[szarinho1]

i had ACL surgery 5 weeks ago and i still do not walk so good like that girl ;/

[nikinomo]

please don't give all that crap, she can not stand on her feet like that ,after the 5th week,it's all about publicity,i've been there and done that!!!

[quinton2532]

this is amazing. I have surgery on 2/19 so this just gives me hope

[DecreasingDave]

Hola Liliana, it was me, Dave. I was there with my wife when you wore Robert out chasing you up the stairs. I'm back in AZ now and gaining strength everyday. Buenas Suerte en la futura.

Take care,

Dave

[liliana0307]

Hola dave,

Of course I remember you and your wife...i am glad you are doing good..soon you will be back to normal :)

Mucha suerte!!

Liliana.

[liliana0307]

Hola!! yes that is me after 5 weeks...My knees feel very strong and Im looking forward to go back skiing,wakeboarding,mountain biking, and dancing of course!!! I know I will be doing all that very soon :)

Hola!! to whoever saw me @ sanders clinic on that day :)

[DecreasingDave]

Before everyone starts with the negative comments. I was there the very day that this girl was filmed. I spoke to her personally. This video is as true as they get.