Whether or not you have surgery, the rehabilitation decides the outcome — and it is longer and more specific than most people are told.
An anterior cruciate ligament injury is one of the more serious knee injuries in sport. Some people do well without surgical reconstruction; others need it. What is not optional in either case is a structured, measured rehabilitation program, because return to sport too early is the single biggest predictor of doing it again.
Restoring full knee extension and quadriceps activation first, because nothing works until those return. Neubie therapy has a specific role here: after an ACL injury or reconstruction the nervous system frequently keeps the quadriceps switched down for months, and no amount of loading works until the signal is back. Then progressive strength, then plyometrics, then sport-specific return, with objective testing at each stage.
Return to pivoting sport after reconstruction is measured in many months, and the criteria are strength and control tests rather than the calendar. We will tell you where you are against those tests rather than guessing.
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No. A proportion of people manage well without reconstruction, particularly if they do not return to pivoting sport. That decision is made with a surgeon, and rehabilitation is required either way.
Arthrogenic muscle inhibition — the nervous system reduces the quadriceps signal after knee injury and surgery, and it does not simply come back on its own. It is exactly what Neubie therapy targets.
When you pass the strength and control criteria, not when a number of weeks has elapsed. Those tests exist because returning early is the main reason people injure the other knee.
Not sure this is what you have? That is exactly what an assessment is for — and if it turns out to be something else, we will tell you.
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Unit 4, 249 Montague Road — a short run from South Brisbane, Highgate Hill, Dutton Park, Woolloongabba and South Bank, and from the CBD across the river.
Can’t get to the clinic? We also offer physiotherapy home visits across the same area, with travel included in the fee.
Book your assessment at Forge West End and start a plan built around your goals — not a generic exercise sheet.
Unit 4, 249 Montague Road, West End QLD 4101 · No referral needed for a private appointment · HICAPS on site
