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
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ejg054
Apr 123 min read
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...
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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 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
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
Jul 9, 20233 min read
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...
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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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ejg054
Jun 19, 20233 min read
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...
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