Dr Manvi Dhyani | Sports Physiotherapist

7 Weeks post ACL Reconstruction. Session 3

@nihaao13_ is a professional bike racer. An accident took her off track. Surgery put her back to starting from zero. This is how she is getting back to the starting line.

At 7 weeks, the graft is still healing. It hasn’t fully bonded to the bone yet. This is the stage most people want to rush; the swelling is down, the pain is manageable and it feels like things are fine.

It’s not fine yet, it’s still fragile.

The work at this stage is precise. Restore movement. Protect the graft. Begin rebuilding the muscle that switched off after surgery. Nothing more, nothing less.

The athletes who recover well are not the ones who pushed hardest at 7 weeks. They are the ones who are patient.

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