My ACL Reconstruction

March 20, 2012

What you need to know…

• The surgery took roughly 90 minutes to complete.

• It took two doctors and two nurses to complete the procedure.

• I elected to have a hamstring autograft, which means they would graft (yank, stretch and cut) my own hamstring to build a new ACL.

Prior to ACL construction…

• …the doctor noticed loose cartilage and tendons between the bones that he needed to clean up.

Before After

My Old Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL)

My NEW ACL

• New ACL

• Started Strengthening New ACL Through Stretching And Physically Therapy

• Walking Around Looking Like A Gimp