Hi Frank
Welcome to the club that no one wants to join!!
I'm now 14 weeks post-op and PT started for me at 6 weeks. Prior to that, I was just doing Quad presses and attempting leg raises to get the quad to fire up. My brace was set at 30 degrees at that point so I was also doing heel slides for ROM.
There's some fantastic info on this forum, but you'll find although our injuries are more or less the same, there are numerous approaches to rehab.
If you don't mind me asking, How'd yours happen? Is your brace fixed or do you have some ROM?
Best of luck with the injury. Best piece of advice I've been given is recovery is a marathon not a sprint and you eventually get to cross that finish line.
Hello Keith … thanks for your comments and support. Mine happened at a track meet I was announcing! I was about to announce the athletes in each lane. I was behind the field of runners and took a couple of steps back. The last step I took I stepped on a starting block (metal item used by sprinters to start race) and over I went not to be able to get up! I had a partial Quad tendon tear for many years. I elected to forgo surgery since when discovered it was apparently really old. Instead I did PT to strengthen all surrounding tendons. After PT I bought some of the items I had used at the PT place and did my own PT twice a week for almost 4 years with no knee issues. I am a runner (well I call what I do at my age (79) running) without any problems until 2/21/219 .
And yes I agree there is the process which will take awhile for my recover to "normal"! Being home bound is not fun. Not being able to drive is a real bummer. No way to do so with this brace currently locked straight. I have been told by surgeon my first objective is 45 degrees ROM so the process begins.
Again thanks for your response!