Recovery post surgery 1 year
I’m 42 male and tore my ACL a year ago due to Jiu Jitsu and had surgery in March 2025 and then arthroscopic surgery to clear up scar tissue in January 2026. Post surgery of March 2025, I was doing PT 2 to 3 days a week up until Aug 2025. I had to stop because insurance wouldn’t cover it. Due to my own fault I didn’t keep up with the routine exercises and now a year later I don’t feel 100%. I’m back at PT 2 days a week now but recovery is going slow and I’m not where I thought I would be recovery wise initially but I know why I’m here now due to my lack of effort to keep working at it all those months. I just wanted to get anyone else’s experience with how long it took their knee to feel “normal” again? I definitely still feel like there’s a rubber band wrapped around the inside of my knee and I’m just hoping it’ll get to a point where it feels like my other knee.