This article focuses on how to go through a knee
Lesson 2: Listen to your F@*ing body. There is
surgery and rehab correctly. As I mentioned earlier,
no need to do two races per day or run 4 laps of a
this was my second ACL surgery. If you want to
mud race that will most likely have the same darn
hear about what NOT to do before, during and after
course 3 month from now. That additional medal
an ACL surgery, ask me about my first knee surgery
you HAVE to have cost about a dollar. Compare
that I had in 2010.
that to the cost of an ACL surgery.
One week prior to my injury, I ran a Tough
Once injured, it is important to do your
Mudder. During the race, my knee started locking
research. Find a good doctor, and while you do
up and I pushed through, completed the race, got
so, teach yourself everything there is to know
electrocuted and got a silly headband that now sits
about knee injuries. Every doctor has a particular
on a shelf gathering dust and will most definitely
method of doing surgery and his way will always
never be used. At the event, my meniscuses in
be the best according to him. Read up on the
my right knee were telling me to slow down. I
different varieties of surgery, Autograft vs
was doing 1-2 races a weekend and doing Crossfit
Allograft, Hamstring vs Patellar
Monday to Thursday religiously. I did not listen to
Tendon Autograft. Remember
my body and as a result, 5 days later, I ended up
that the doctor is as much of a
getting a torn ACL, lateral and medial meniscus.
business man as the guy that sold
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