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The Motivational Value of Competition
Well, it’s been a little over a year since I had my two knee surgeries, and now that they’re completely healed, I’m going to attempt to squat 400 pounds, deadlift 500 pounds, and have a 33 inch vertical jump by … Continue reading
Posted in Me, Physical therapy, Recovery
Tagged ACL, andrew sacks, dan blewett, exercise, knee, motivation, physical therapy, rehab, surgery
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Finding Humor in a Horrible Situation
One of the best ways to retain your sanity during recovery from knee surgery (or any surgery, for that matter) is to try to find the humor in your plight. If you’re laughing, it’s nearly impossible to be in a … Continue reading
Posted in Knee injury, Recovery, Uncategorized
Tagged ACL, humor, injury, knee, physical therapy, rehab, surgery
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3 Month Checkup: Stationary Bikes are your Perineum’s Worst Enemy
Well, it’s been 3 months since I’ve written anything on here, so I figure that now is as good a time as ever to add some new content to this thing. The main reason why I haven’t written anything is … Continue reading
How to Poop After Knee Surgery: A Practical Guide to Post-Surgical Bowel Movement
One thing that’s interesting about writing a blog is that I can check my blog’s “stats.” One of the stats that is recorded is a list of search terms that people have used to find my site. That means every … Continue reading
Posted in Knee injury, Recovery
Tagged ACL, constipation, humor, knee, poop, recovery, surgery, toilet
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Percocet Makes My Brain Work Not Goodly
Anybody who’s had ACL surgery and isn’t an idiot will tell you that the worst part about recovery is the first week, a fact that I learned roughly 3 months ago while I was recovering from my first knee surgery. … Continue reading
Posted in Knee injury, Recovery
Tagged ACL, brace, knee, Percocet, recovery, surgery, week 1
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Here We Go Again…
Well, it’s been 3 months and 2 days since my last surgery, which means it’s about damn time for another one. So tomorrow at the ungodly hour of 5:30 a.m. I’m going to roll out of bed, head to the … Continue reading
Get Bent
A while back I made a comment about how the only response I would get when asking about physical therapy was “It sucks.” For the first few weeks of my physical therapy experience, I thought that everyone else was just … Continue reading
Posted in Knee injury, Physical therapy, Recovery
Tagged ACL, knee, PCL, physical therapy, range of motion, surgery
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Zombie Knee Hits the Town
After several weeks of doing absolutely nothing except watching movies, suffering through increasingly painful physical therapy sessions, and generally just being in a foul mood, I had the opportunity to test out my new knee in Ocean City, MD this … Continue reading
Posted in Knee injury, Recovery
Tagged ACL, dancing, knee, Ocean City, PCL, recovery, surgery
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Back on the H-O-R-S-E
It’s no secret that I love to play sports. I’ve been playing one sport or another year-round since I was about 8 years old. Baseball, basketball, football, soccer, badminton, whatever; if it involves a winner and a loser separated by … Continue reading
What Does 100% Feel Like?
I was talking to a friend of mine at work today when the conversation inevitably turned to my knee surgery and my quest to become athletic once again. He asked me if I would “ever be 100% again”, and I … Continue reading