PKR-mako-Soccer
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Hi All - new to this forum.
I had a Mako PKR on medial right on August 13, 2019. Mostly due to a couple of bad meniscus tears and associated meniscectomies followed by getting back to sport too fast and being on the 50+ team.
I am trying to get back to amateur soccer and skiing and am hopeful that at the 12 month mark I'll be a lot better off.
I workout a lot - mostly resistance training these days - and take good care of myself otherwise. My Doc said he fully supports going back to these sports and that a growing number of surgeons do as well. According to him, in the early days of PKR no one really knew what to expect and therefore surgeon's were conservative - now there growing evidence that babying things doesn't help. Anyway - that's definitely what I wanted to hear and so here I am.
I went to about 3 months of PT three times a week in addition to my regular workouts. I've got 0 degrees on extension, and 145-150 degrees on bend depending on the day. I am back to full leg routines twice a week with decent weight although not too heavy - back squats, hip thrust, RDLs, leg extension, split squats, walking lunges, etc.
My right VMO is definitely not back, and I started trying something called a Kneehab XP about a week and a half ago - supposed to speed VMO return by 2x - I'll report back what I learn - it's basically NMES with a lot of muscle area coverage and routines that fire the muscles in specific order. I haven't tried Russian Stim with it yet, but will do so once I can max out the settings for 20 minutes at a time.
Anyway - I've run some, but it doesn't feel great. I've done stationary cycling as a warm up nearly every leg day for ten minutes with no issues. Ellip feels good while I'm doing it, but often doesn't feel great later.
Goal is to get back to competitive amateur soccer at the 12 month mark. Last weekend I went out and passed the ball around, did a little running and took maybe 25 shots. Felt ok while doing it, but hurt for a week after - mostly laterally when I'm sleeping on my side.
Long Post - but I'm really interested to hear from anyone who's aiming to get back to side-to-side, cutting sports - someone who has done so - timing for your experience. Anything related!
Thanks and glad to be here. Once I learn a little more how it works, then I'll start giving back.
I had a Mako PKR on medial right on August 13, 2019. Mostly due to a couple of bad meniscus tears and associated meniscectomies followed by getting back to sport too fast and being on the 50+ team.
I am trying to get back to amateur soccer and skiing and am hopeful that at the 12 month mark I'll be a lot better off.
I workout a lot - mostly resistance training these days - and take good care of myself otherwise. My Doc said he fully supports going back to these sports and that a growing number of surgeons do as well. According to him, in the early days of PKR no one really knew what to expect and therefore surgeon's were conservative - now there growing evidence that babying things doesn't help. Anyway - that's definitely what I wanted to hear and so here I am.
I went to about 3 months of PT three times a week in addition to my regular workouts. I've got 0 degrees on extension, and 145-150 degrees on bend depending on the day. I am back to full leg routines twice a week with decent weight although not too heavy - back squats, hip thrust, RDLs, leg extension, split squats, walking lunges, etc.
My right VMO is definitely not back, and I started trying something called a Kneehab XP about a week and a half ago - supposed to speed VMO return by 2x - I'll report back what I learn - it's basically NMES with a lot of muscle area coverage and routines that fire the muscles in specific order. I haven't tried Russian Stim with it yet, but will do so once I can max out the settings for 20 minutes at a time.
Anyway - I've run some, but it doesn't feel great. I've done stationary cycling as a warm up nearly every leg day for ten minutes with no issues. Ellip feels good while I'm doing it, but often doesn't feel great later.
Goal is to get back to competitive amateur soccer at the 12 month mark. Last weekend I went out and passed the ball around, did a little running and took maybe 25 shots. Felt ok while doing it, but hurt for a week after - mostly laterally when I'm sleeping on my side.
Long Post - but I'm really interested to hear from anyone who's aiming to get back to side-to-side, cutting sports - someone who has done so - timing for your experience. Anything related!
Thanks and glad to be here. Once I learn a little more how it works, then I'll start giving back.