Hi All,
Had surgery on October 16th and was told (by the surgeon) that it went well! It was a 50% tear of the quad tendon that attaches to the patella. Waited 17 days for the surgery but a lot of that was my decision to try to see if I could get any improvement by rehabbing exercises I did myself at home. By the day of the surgery, I could lift my leg and extend my knee about halfway out but that's not enough for an athlete like me to be happy with so we did the surgery.
I am in a leg brace extended straight out and on day 31, will visit the doctor who told me that we are going to bend it to 30 degrees that day. In the meantime, I am only resting and trying to let it heal and walking on crutches everywhere. Leg won't fit in the car to drive my car which has a clutch (left leg in cast). I am a personal trainer, as well so starting this week, am having my clients come over to my house for their workouts.
I have read so many variations on rehabilitation that everyone has experienced so not sure what to expect. I think that a partial tear still takes 8-12 weeks to reattach like a full tear....that's a guess.
My question is....should I expect my rehab time to be any quicker than someone with a full rupture? And once I go to PT a few times and learn the exercises....does anyone think that I might be able to do them myself? I am very disciplined to anything necessary, as an athlete and a personal trainer. Everyone out there.....just believe that you will be 100% again one day. That is how I am thinking.....maybe it's unrealistic but thats all I have right now.