After Surgery Recovery Exercises

All Inside ACL Reconstruction with Fibre Tape Internal Brace Rehabilitation Protocol by Dr. Manu Bora

Day 1 – Day 14 (all exercises 4 times a day)( 15 repetitions and 3 sets)

• Ankle pumps
• Heel press all-day
• Sitting passive knee bending( > 120 degrees )
• Straight leg raise with the brace
• Side leg raise with the brace
• VMO ex -sitting football press
• Prone leg hangs (hold for 5 min)
• No active quadriceps extension for 6 weeks (open chain exercises)

2 weeks –4 weeks

• All the above exercises
• Wall  squats
• Lunges with support
• Back bridge  with foot ball press
• Remove brace after 3^rd week and start Hurdle walking
• Achieve forceful complete knee bending

4 weeks – 6 weeks

• All the above exercises
• Start jogging
• Lunges
• Squats
• Sumo squats

6 weeks – 10 weeks

• Open chain kinetic exercises – quadriceps  extension exercise
• Single leg squats
• Balancing training
• Jump and land on one foot
• Box jumps – both legsl
• Side walk with theraband
• Side Jump squats/ lateral squat jumps on stepper

10weeks – 12 weeks

• Lateral squat jumps on bosu ball
• Box  jump on bosu ball
• Single leg jump on bosu ball
• Double leg cross jumps
• Single leg balancing on bosuball
• Lateral walk
• Jogging with jump and reverse  jogging

After 12 weeks

• Start running
• Single leg cross jumps
• Squat and pivot with theraband
• Run , jump and pivot
• Multi directional running ( forward , lateral and reverse)
• Agility drills ( zig zag , side running & figure of 8)
• Agility with football