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James Eddleston (Snowboarding ACL Tear)

by James Eddleston
(Essex England)

Done my ACL this season snowboarding had surgery in Jan 08. Been doing physio ever since getting alot better but not sure if its gonna be strong enough for me to jump again, can anybody recommend a support that would be good for snowboarding

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Aug 06, 2008
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by: Bart - SII

The most common type of knee brace for use with after an ACL reconstruction is a derotation brace. They come in either custom built or off the shelf designs, and are fairly sturdy and bulky. This would be the best supporting brace for snowboarding, and really the only one that would give you any real support.

They are terribly expensive, so if your insurance won't pay for most of it, you are probably better off spending an extra 2-3 months in the gym working to get your strength back up than spending it on the brace.

I am a firm believer in rehab and strengthening rather than putting post ACL patients in a brace. I don't think that any of my ACL patients in the last 3 years have worn a brace when returning to activities - and these include football, soccer, basketball, skiing, and rugby athletes.

Hope this helps - comment back with other questions.
Nov 19, 2008
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by: James

Thank you very much for the advice, i have recently joined a local gym and in the process of building the muscles up around it.

I didn't mention before but i also toar my cartiledge whcih is another issue im trying to deal with.

Also my leg muscles have shrunk badly been doin the exercises from my pyhsio but are there any other types of exercises to help build these muscles up around my knee, and also how long does it take for muscles to genrally grow back? getting a bit sick of my stick leg!
Nov 19, 2008
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by: Bart - SII

Some of the best exercises for the lower extremity, in my opinion, are squats, lunges, and step ups. You can look through the rehab section of the site for a few examples.

It takes forever to build your muscle back up to normal size - much longer than it took to lose it thats for sure. Just keep plugging away at your exercises, it will come back.

Bart

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