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Pain and swelling
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Pain and swelling · Early recovery
Blood clots after knee surgery
How common blood clots are after ACL reconstruction, when the risk is highest, the signs of a DVT or a pulmonary embolism, and when to get help.
Pain and swelling · Mindset
Normal soreness or a setback in ACL rehab?
How to tell ordinary soreness after a rehab session from a knee reacting badly, what swelling adds, and which signs get reported the same day.
Mobility · Pain and swelling
Cyclops lesion after ACL surgery
What a cyclops lesion is, why a nodule of scar tissue can stop the knee straightening, how often it causes symptoms, and what is usually done about it.
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.
Early recovery · Pain and swelling
Numbness beside the scar after ACL surgery
Why a patch of skin below the kneecap stops feeling after ACL reconstruction, how common it is by graft and incision, and how long it usually lasts.
Pain and swelling · Early recovery
How to reduce swelling after ACL surgery
Why the knee fills with fluid, what ice, elevation and compression actually did in the trials, and how swelling is measured and used to pace rehabilitation.