ACL SURGERY RECOVERY #2 - first two weeks after my second (!!) ACL surgery

Hello and welcome to my second round of ACL surgery in under two years! This video covers my first 12 days post-op after getting a complete ACL reconstruction surgery using a hamstring graft. I show you how I tore my ACL, my morning routine after surgery, how I showered for the first time with my knee brace on, my first week post-op PT routine, core and upper body exercises you can do after knee surgery, how I practiced walking with my crutches, and generally way too much personal information and bad hair days. Enjoy!

[MalT]

Thank you for this video, I’m Day 6 after ACL surgery and its a struggle, physically and mentally. I’m so bored and it’s hard to stay positive, but good to see your journey and that it’ll get better.

[themelonx]

Going through my second ACL reconstruction (also other leg) and I couldn’t relate to anything more than this. The mood shifts from positivity to anger to negativity, mixed with workouts on my other extremities. Appreciate the workout ideals

[scoobysmith]

I’m on day 20 of my ACL reconstruction and meniscus repair. Really appreciate your videos they helped me very much

[danieladeleon]

Two weeks after ACL and meniscus repair surgery, quad tendon graft. So far so much better but those first few days were the hardest thing ever! For anyone reading be patient time will go by fast!!

[yogeshgulia]

You are doing great Delilah.. it really takes strength to manage yourself twice through such a traumatic injury. I understand how it feels for a sporty person to keep watch on every step of themselves to recover from Injury.

[yung_n.u]

Hey Delilah! Hope you’re doing well, just wanted to say how refreshing it is to hear another athlete deal with the struggle of going thru an ACL injury & recovery. It’s been some of the darkest points in my life but I continue to look at it with a positive mindset. I could relate to most of the stuff you were talking about too, so just thought you deserved to hear this🙏💯

[quietspace]

Having my surgery in a week. My life fell apart after the injury and I’m terrified. Your video made me cry !

[smileyface]

Thanks for this video. I'm currently three weeks post OP on my second ACL + meniskus repair (also the other leg) and this video gives me some currage to get through with it. It's though comparing it to the first recovery. This time I have to walk 6 weeks on crutches in total until I am finally allowed to put some more weight on the injured knee. As a person that is quite active it's been hard to reduce workouts and the mental battle of staying inside while life goes on outside is difficult.

[teddybartha]

I've never related harder to anything ever -- "I thought a change of scenery would make me less angry and it didn't." About to go into an ACL reconstruction/meniscus transplant, less than a year after a hip labrum repair, so just know you're not alone in the repetitive injuries :)

[Ronkli]

Thanks for sharing your experiences. Just had my acl + meniscular surgery 48 hours ago. Steady and slow for the full recovery! Greetings from Finland!

[chickenclips]

Try have a complete ACL, MCL AND MENISCUS RUPTURE. Thanks for the video.

I'm 3 weeks post op and only now starting to feel normal again. I've broken many bones in my body and gone through a lot of rehab.
This is by far the worst thing I've ever had to deal with.

Stay healthy ppl. Positive mind and healthy bodies.

[larsonsrud]

Best wishes for a full recovery! Full, not fast.
Play the long game and listen to the PT!
My wife Marijke is a career orthopedic specialist PT, we have sooo many friends who didn't listen and fucked up their recovery and added time to the process, in some cases they didn't recover fully.
Two ears and one mouth for a reason, listen to your body and your therapist!
Best wishes

[andrewhadjimichael]

I need to go and get mine done. I had an ACL recon in 2004 and I've stretched it and it hurts since 2020. But I'm so scared of operations I've been hoping it would get better but it really hasn't. Need to just face facts and get the op done.

But thank you for the upbeat positive video. Makes me motivated just to face my fear and get over this nightmare that I've lived with for the past 4 years.

[Bkdollasiaa]

Thank you for sharing I recently ACL reconstruction surgery and I started walking on day three right now. It’s been a rocky road mental health has gone downhill but honestly at the end of this journey, I know it’ll be all worth it

[jakehibler]

Just had my acl surgery keep up the good work.

[habeve]

Thank you so much for showing those workouts. I think it is just what i need now

[orlandohernandez]

2nd time tearing the same one and 1 month out from surgery. It’s getting better. Enjoyed the video

[alexcrashedonstrava]

Around the same time you posted your first ACL vid, I destroyed my MCL getting launched across a major boulevard on my gravel bike. The rad vibes you bring to your videos and having a similar recovery timeline helped me get back in the saddle stronger than ever. Hang in there Dell, you'll be chasing KOMs soon enough 🤠
Keep bringing the good vibes!!

[mollyb]

Got my second acl sugery 3 weeks ago its crazy how similar so many other people experiences are

[BellaStohler]

I’m on about day 19 of Acl reconstruction and I’m right now in the point I can walk on it and I’m exercising a lot on it and doing that quad muscle one a lot and your lucky how you have separated Acl scars mine has five stitches four on the top area and pretty big and one on the side so this video is so relatable