Returning to activity after ACL knee surgery

Returning to sport or leisure activities after an injury can be a difficult decision to make. Returning to sport after knee surgery such as an ACL reconstruction is no exception, particularly from a physiological and psychological perspective.
Literature suggests that fear of re-injury is the most common reason for not returning to sport post ACL reconstruction, rather than pain or lack of strength.
For this reason a guided rehab program with end stage sport specific rehabilitation training is vital for decreasing the fear factor, and thus a successful return to sport.

Functional bio mechanical assessments which can be filmed and analyzed is fast becoming the most successful strategy in identifying risk factors from a physiological perspective, which in turn will address the "fear factor" in returning to sport.

Horizon Physiotherapy can perform this analysis, and provide specific rehabilitation programs tailored to the individual to ensure our patients return to sports safely and perform at a higher level, without the fear of re-injury.