Well here I am, 2000 days after ACL surgery. I didn't think I'd be counting this far, or maybe I decided I would stop counting after 2000. Not sure, but I'll update anyways! I was having a decent summer ramping up my mountain biking. I still had to be mindful of how much I ramped up my vertical feet. Increasing too quickly did leave the knee a little sore, but nothing that affected my every day life, just annoying. I was feeling like I needed to test my abilities with "normal" folks, so I found a local mountain bike race to do. A week prior to my race, I had a significant crash on my bike. Ended up with an avulsion fracture, bone bruise, two partially torn ligaments (medial and lateral ligaments). I'm 5+ weeks post injury and it's going to take a while. I don't need surgery, but I am braced. As the ortho sugeon put it, "Kind of like baking a cake: we have all the ingredients to heal, but we just need time to let it bake longer." Good points. I was on crutches for 2 weeks. I am able to ride a stationary bike without much resistance as of last week. I was OK'd to bike outside too, but it has to be flat and easy and I have to keep my midfoot on the pedal. Ankle has some instability, so I just have to go slow. This had taken a toll on my ACL leg muscles. I am getting set up with Blood Flow Restriction cuffs with my remote PT so we can get the quad going. I hope to be ready to downhill ski by the winter, but we shall see how the ankle goes. Single leg work on this side is still limiting. I am happy I have this remote PT, he is also programming my ankle rehab too. Mentally, I'm doing OK. There is a huge difference mentally when it's a true accident, versus an overuse injury/poor decisions kind of injury. I am not as sad when it's a true accident. Sure in hindsight I would have changed my pressure tire and slowed down, but it was an accident. I am keeping busy at home. Prior to this latest accident, I was in the process of getting ready to run AGAIN after a bout of plantar fasciopathy AGAIN and a Achilles tendon issue. We were doing some plyometrics in my remote rehab and I felt I could maybe start 30 seconds of running with walking in between. It felt so close! But now I will have to start that over again. This is exactly how plantar fascia issues start up for me - periods of deconditioning where all the tissues lose capacity. I have to say, the past few July's have always had something significant happen to me that sets me back. I guess that's when summer fun is at its peak and I go and get hurt! One year I had a terrible IT band issue that also lead to plantar fascia pain. Another year I broke my ribs while hiking. Another year I had a posterior tibial tendon issue that halted all hiking. Photo from a trip to Wyoming. I was very limited in what I could do (I mostly looked after our old dog), but this overlook we could drive to had the best sunsets and wildflowers. Recap on my last 2000 days, going in 100 day increments, plus a next 100 days prediction:
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AuthorA 45 year old active female who tore her ACL in January 2017 (at the age of 40). Reconstructive surgery in February 2017 with bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft. Archives
November 2022
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