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Progression · Daily life
How much physiotherapy do you need after ACL surgery?
What the trials say about supervised appointments versus a home programme after ACL reconstruction, how many sessions people get, and what matters more.
Daily life · Pain and swelling
Kneeling after ACL reconstruction: why it hurts
Why kneeling is still sore long after the knee feels normal, how much of it depends on which graft was taken, and what usually changes with time.
Daily life · Exercises
Swimming after ACL surgery: the wound and the kick
Why the incision decides when you get in the pool, what water does for a stiff knee, and why the breaststroke kick is usually the last one back.
Daily life · Early recovery
How to manage stairs after ACL surgery
Why the good leg leads going up and the operated leg goes down first, how much knee bend a staircase needs, and when step-over-step comes back.
Early recovery · Daily life
Do you need a brace after ACL reconstruction?
What post-operative and functional braces do, what the randomised trials found when the brace was taken away, and why two surgeons give different instructions.
Early recovery · Daily life
How long do you need crutches after ACL surgery?
What the weight-bearing research found, why two people with the same operation get different instructions, and what decides when a crutch comes away.
Daily life · Timeline
Going back to work after ACL surgery
What the research found about timing, why a desk job and a knee-demanding job are different questions, and what usually decides the date.
Daily life · Timeline
When can you drive after ACL reconstruction?
Why the answer ranges from two weeks to six, what the braking studies measured, and how the side, the graft and the painkillers change it.
Early recovery · Daily life
How to sleep after ACL surgery: positions and side sleeping
Sleeping positions after ACL surgery: why your back comes first, when you can sleep on your side, the brace at night, and what helps until it settles.