5 months post op
This is my second reconstruction, the first one was fairly easy recovery for the pain,rom and extension. Only problem was I never got the strength or stability back at all before I returned to basketball 5-6 months later after the first surgery so obviously it tore again during the first run lol(I was a dumb kid ngl). This time around tho the recovery is taking longer even though I'm taking physio more seriously. I go to the gym everyday and do 3-4 leg exercises everyday as well as the bike but my knee still has pain sometimes while walking. Not to mention the constant cracking and grinding noise like a rusty door handle when I bend my knee. I just wanted to know if that's normal and I still have a chance to get my knee back to normal. My rom is decent, I touched my heel to my butt for the first time yesterday and the doc said my xray was fine. I think maybe I should get an ultrasound because there's no way this is the same knee as last time lol. I was just wondering if anyone went through anything similar?