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Finding your spark again after 14 years of injury rehab and recovery
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ejg054
May 274 min read
ACL madness: The post I wasn't going to post
I'm actually posting this update a full five weeks after I wrote it. I just discovered it, sat on my desktop, while wondering whether I...
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ejg054
Mar 252 min read
HTO/ACL update: Not quite the six-month update I was hoping for 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Sometimes there are no words
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ejg054
Mar 54 min read
HTO/ACL update: Finding my stride
I don’t have any concerns about the osteotomy, the challenges now lie in the ACL rehab (again!)
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ejg054
Feb 65 min read
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
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ejg054
Jan 224 min read
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
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ejg054
Dec 29, 20236 min read
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...
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ejg054
Nov 21, 20234 min read
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...
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ejg054
Nov 17, 20233 min read
HTO Wk 7.5: Movement is medicine
Had another physio appointment on Wednesday and things are going pretty well
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ejg054
Nov 8, 20234 min read
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...
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ejg054
Nov 1, 20232 min read
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...
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ejg054
Oct 20, 20238 min read
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....
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ejg054
Oct 9, 20235 min read
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...
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ejg054
Sep 28, 20235 min read
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
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ejg054
Sep 28, 20232 min read
Operation Change the Narrative: The Big Day Arrives
Finally, the day for Operation Change the Narrative arrives
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ejg054
Sep 24, 20231 min read
Post of thanks
Post of thanks to those who’ve helped get me this far
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ejg054
Sep 19, 20234 min read
All original parts
Sat looking at a blank page realising it's less than one week now until Operation CTN gets underway and thinking I really ought to blog...
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ejg054
Jul 31, 20235 min read
Operation 'Change the Narrative' - all systems go 🎉
After two consultations and three sets of imaging, I went back to see the surgeon today to finalise the plan for what, from here on in,...
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ejg054
Jun 20, 20235 min read
Time flies when you're having…fun?(AKA Second Opinions pt2)
They say time flies when you’re having fun so, with a whole two weeks to wait for my follow up (I know, that’s nothing), I threw myself...
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