ACL/HTO blog: The irony of misalignment
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When you undergo surgery to treat an injury, how do you know you're on the same page as your medical team re target outcomes? A random...
ejg054
- Nov 21, 2023
- 4 min
HTO Wk8: The 'Albion promotion' knee - better than the sum of its parts (hopefully)
Had my 8-week post HTO surgery consultant appointment and x-rays today and (whispers) all looking good so far 🎉 The fracture line is...
ejg054
- Nov 17, 2023
- 3 min
HTO Wk 7.5: Movement is medicine
Had another physio appointment on Wednesday and things are going pretty well
ejg054
- Oct 21, 2023
- 8 min
HTO update: Follow ups and OCN Jail Break Week
Well I guess the fact this is closer to a four-week update than a three-week one tells its own story. Lots has happened, lots going on....
ejg054
- Sep 28, 2023
- 5 min
Operation Change the Narrative: Out the other side (and a bit of drama, just for good measure)
Recovering after HTO surgery and adding a little drama to proceedings
ejg054
- Aug 26, 2023
- 4 min
Feeling the fear (and doing it anyway?)
So today marks one month until my surgery date. Sh1t is beginning to get a bit real. While I’m glad there is another avenue to explore...
ejg054
- Jul 9, 2023
- 3 min
Knee rehab to prehab
One of the things that ultimately forced me to seek the Second Opinion was that every time my knee gives way completely, it takes around...
ejg054
- Jun 19, 2023
- 3 min
Second opinions (chronic ACL deficiency) pt 1
After putting it off for three years and trying to convince myself I could live with the chronic ACL deficiency and the associated knee...
ejg054
- Apr 12, 2023
- 5 min
Braced for action
It has been so long since I last wrote an update that I actually can’t remember what I wrote last time. In fact, the whole website CMS...
ejg054
- Feb 25, 2020
- 8 min
Nine years, four operations and endless physio
Nine years, four operations, endless physio and here we are at the end of the road. Blogging on an ACL repair experience.
ejg054
- Dec 4, 2019
- 6 min
From back to basics to monkey business
With hindsight, I should have given more thought to the zip wires. There are basically two ways to land: running it out if landing forwards;
ejg054
- Jan 2, 2019
- 1 min
ACL research and resources
Journal articles, websites, podcasts, webinars and more on ACL, ACLr, RevACLr, osteoarthritis and other articles that have inspired or educa
ejg054
- Sep 13, 2018
- 3 min
Ice ice baby
In good news, my ab separation is down to 2 finger widths. In not so good news, I'm typing this with ice on the ACL knee, which tells it
ejg054
- Aug 30, 2018
- 4 min
Injury and identity
Is there a point where having a recurrent or long-term injury (which should be fixable but doesn’t seem to be too keen on the concept) ultim
ejg054
- Dec 29, 2017
- 2 min
In the words of Salt n Pepa: Let's talk about...
This is a post I’ve been meaning to write for a long time, since I started the blog if not before, but I keep putting it off because,...
ejg054
- Jul 18, 2017
- 3 min
Freedom (and kicking Quasimodo into touch)
Three weeks back after my holiday and, after losing the first week to a virus, I’ve been back in the gym and making good progress. In...
ejg054
- Apr 9, 2017
- 5 min
Consultants and Cornwall
Back with a quick update after my last post. I caught up with my consultant on 1 April (hopefully not an April Fool) and chatted through...
ejg054
- Mar 30, 2017
- 6 min
A combination of cock up and calamity
I should start this post by acknowledging that my ACL journey hasn't, in the truest sense of the word, been a calamity. True calamity is...
ejg054
- Mar 8, 2017
- 2 min
The history of ACL reconstruction
Digging around online, firing new questions about ACL treatments into google, brought me to this article, which I thought would be worth...
ejg054
- Mar 1, 2017
- 3 min
Revision ACL surgery
I was definitely quite nervous about going in for the revision surgery, although dead set that I wanted it done. But the prospect of...
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