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2025: Quick ACL/HTO update
current challenges are hopping side-to-side (the knee doesn't like that one bit and properly moans about it); hopping down from height; and
ejg054
Feb 94 min read
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Another a-knee-versary: HTO one year on 🎉
So here it is, one year on from HTO surgery. 12 months on, I can say one thing for certain: The knee is definitely more stable than pre-HTO
ejg054
Sep 25, 20247 min read
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HTO/ACL 11 month update - summer holiday hiatus (AKA office chair racing and the return of monkey business)
11 month HTO update - summer holiday hiatus (or office chair racing and the return of monkey business)
ejg054
Aug 26, 20244 min read
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Sometimes you gotta break dem rules!
Finding your spark again after 14 years of injury rehab and recovery
ejg054
Jul 11, 20244 min read
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ACL rehab: How do you know it's time to give up?
There’s much commentary on the importance of having physio tailored to your own situation - I have - if only I was getting anywhere with it
ejg054
May 30, 20246 min read
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ACL/HTO blog: The irony of misalignment
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
Apr 12, 20243 min read
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HTO/ACL update: Not quite the six-month update I was hoping for 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Sometimes there are no words
ejg054
Mar 25, 20242 min read
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HTO/ACL update: Finding my stride
I don’t have any concerns about the osteotomy, the challenges now lie in the ACL rehab (again!)
ejg054
Mar 6, 20244 min read
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HTO update: Ask the awkward questions
If the hyperextension is back - so not going to be part of my marginal gains - and the ACL is lax - it would have been useful to know
ejg054
Feb 6, 20245 min read
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A-knee-versaries, hyperextension and heels
At the time of writing, it’s the day after Facebook kindly reminding me that it is 7 years since the RevACLr officially failed
ejg054
Jan 23, 20244 min read
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HTO Christmas update: Fun, physio, festivities (and hope)
As Christmas Day marked exactly three months since my HTO surgery, it seems like a good time for a progress update. Physio Normal not...
ejg054
Dec 29, 20236 min read
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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 21, 20234 min read
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HTO Wk 7.5: Movement is medicine
Had another physio appointment on Wednesday and things are going pretty well
ejg054
Nov 17, 20233 min read
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HTO Wk6: Braceless, next steps (ha) go crutchless
After the confusion over the official 'brace free' day, I jettisoned the brace - morning, noon and night - on Monday and so far, so...
ejg054
Nov 8, 20234 min read
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Week 5: Keeping the groundhog at bay
Just over 5 weeks post-HTO at time of writing and two main themes driving this week: Brace on or off? Keeping the groundhog at bay The...
ejg054
Nov 1, 20232 min read
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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
Oct 21, 20238 min read
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Bryan Robson, Taskmaster and The Barbie Movie: Week 2 post HTO
Two weeks on from surgery day now so it’s probably time for a progress update. I’ll try not to repeat too much from the insta account...
ejg054
Oct 9, 20235 min read
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Operation Change the Narrative: The Big Day Arrives
Finally, the day for Operation Change the Narrative arrives
ejg054
Sep 28, 20232 min read
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Post of thanks
Post of thanks to those who’ve helped get me this far
ejg054
Sep 24, 20231 min read
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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
Jul 9, 20233 min read
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