Twisted Knee Injury - ACL Reconstruction Surgery: October 2012

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

1 Year Later .....

Jas has been going for his physiotherapy sessions regularly for the past 12 months, starting with 2 sessions a week and then scaled down to once a week but he has to do some of the exercises on his own at home, including some jogging and kicking the soccer ball casually at the later stage.

Jas did not participated in any soccer games or active sports during this period as we have decided to wait until the 1st anniversary of his surgery.

Otherwise, he is doing well in daily activities and he even went on a Tree Top hike in MacRitchie Reservoir with some of his friends during the June 2012 school holidays.

Jas is on the extreme left of the photo, taking a drink from his water bottle during the Tree Top hike.

Jas went to Hong Kong and Shenzhen in Sep 2012 as part of the school trip overseas to visit some companies. Above is a photo of him in Disneyland, HK.

On 1 Oct 2012, Jas went for his progress review by his Dr and was discharged from further orthopedic review.

The Dr also wrote a letter to inform SAF about his surgery that he will need to be permanently downgraded and classify his PES status accordingly.
( Jas has been called up for his medical examination in Dec 2012 and to be enlisted in 2013 for his National Service. )

Jas will slowly resume his soccer and other sports with immediate effect. He needs not wear a sport knee brace and a normal knee guard will be sufficient.

I hope the information shared here would have benefited someone who could have been in a similar situation.

This episode will be considered closed and there will be no further update.

Thank you for visiting this blog.

Timeline of events

Sat 10 Sep - Jas came home with a bandaged knee but no pain or swelling but felt the knee slipping forward and not stable.

Sun 11 Sep - Took Jas to see a GP and was referred to see an Orthopaedic.

Tue 13 Sep - Saw the Orthpaedic and went for MRI scan.

Wed 14 Sep - Reviewed MRI scan results and agreed to have surgery on Thu or Sat but no stock of the tendon available so propsed to schedule it for last week of Sep which was not acceptable for us!

Thu 15 Sep - Saw another Orthopaedic that was treating my left knee with OA. Surgery was scheduled for coming Sat.

Sat 17 Sep - Jason had his right knee ACL reconstruction surgery done in the afternoon.

Tue 20 Sep - Jason discharged from hospital with crutches and rented CPM machine for a week. Also, was given 2 packs of ice gel to manage the swelling.

Sat 24 Sep - Stitches removed at Dr clinic.

Tue 27 Sep - Started physiotherapy; twice a week.

4 - 7 Oct - Flew to Penang to visit grandparents.

Sat 8 Oct - Jason started to use one crutch only.

Tue 11 Oct - Jason started to walk without any crutch.

Sat 15 Oct - Bought a knee support to stabilise his knee as Jason has to walk up a slope in his school, starting on Mon.

Sat 22 Oct - Dr reviewed progress and Jas is recovering well; continue with physiotherapy session twice weekly for the next 2 months.

Sat 17 Dec 2011 - Dr reviewed progress and recovery is on track; continue with physiotherapy sessions twice weekly.

Mon 1 Oct 2012 - One year later, Dr reviewed progress and has discharged Jas under his care. Jas will be returning to his sporting activities though he has already been kicking the soccer ball and jogging as part of his physiotherapy programme.