Comments on: An impatient’s guide to Knee Surgery – Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction and Meniscus Tear

By: Swati A Bhatia

Swati A Bhatia — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:14:00 +0000

Hi Harshad,

Thank you for such valuable information. It helped me to decide to go under this surgery. Like Lalit, I can’t have sound sleep in night due to pain. Can’t help. I can just complain to doctor about it and just can listen that it will be fine. Hope so..

By: Pisolkaruday

Pisolkaruday — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 11:26:00 +0000

Hi Harshad , Iliked ur article.My son aged 18 yrs has got an acl tear recently and we are plng surgery.Can u suggest some good surgeon in pune ?

By: Prabhakar

Prabhakar — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 13:19:00 +0000

Hi Harshad, thank you for such an informative article. My father undergone ligament replacement surgery three months back, but unfortunately the knee keeps on swelling due to leak of plasma and blood inside. Doctors has operated it again to cure but they could not figure it out. Can you please suggest a surgeon in Pune who I can refer to deal with such a critical situation.
I will be very grateful for your reply on this.

By: Smita

Smita — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 05:49:00 +0000

I must say it is a very very informative article from an Indian perspective. Lalit is my brother. It is kind of reassuring that his treatment is exactly as it should be although unfortunately you had to learn the right course of treatment the hard way. I really appreciate your attitude to overcome your pain. I also appreciate the way you have blogged down everything in detail so that it helps some one else like my brother suffering from ACL tear. Way to Go dude ! Take care.

By: Harshad Oak

Harshad Oak — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 01:09:00 +0000

Hi Lalit, Thanks for your comment.

The exercises will not stay painful for long.
Yes you will be allowed to gradually put load on the operated leg. You probably would be asked to put on another brace / knee support soon.

Do push yourself to exercise regularly & go as hard as the doc recommends. Exercise like you have to get back to full fitness & play in the cricket world cup

Set some similar goal for yourself, get family involved for motivation.

Watch out for getting into the habit of putting more load on the good knee! It’s ok initially, but once you can put load on both legs, do consciously try & not load the good knee too much. If that happens, soon the good knee might start hurting.

Best wishes, you should soon be fine & back to normal. Exercise Exercise Exercise!

By: Lalit

Lalit — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:57:00 +0000

Your blog has proved very informative and pertinent to all the doubts in my mind . There is not enuf literature on the net on this from an indian’s viewpoint.
I had a left knee ACL reconstruction exactly a week back . Doc recommended 3 exercise-,knee presses,straight leg lifts and knee bends sitting on a table.The 3rd exercise i find excruciatingly painful while going beyond 90degrees flexion. Doc says shd get full range of motion within 10 days. But m unable to reach there as yet.
-Firstly,Cd u pl share ur experience while doing this exercise.
-secondly my medication and painkillers stopped but m unable to sleep without a painkiller in the nite.Did u also have similar problems.
-Thirdly, when will the pain subside and when can i put weight on the leg.my doc says not before 6weeks
Would really appreciate your valuable inputs towards recovery tips regarding the battery of more exercises at this stage.

By: Pravin

Pravin — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 07:20:00 +0000

Great blog man i really liked it and now i think it’s one of the best on net. Thanks a lot.

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