cycling, and then as many other exercises you can do too strengthen it!

When I did my shoulder a couple of years ago some kind soul loaned me a playstation. Did wonders for my morale while stuck at home stoned on oxy for a month.

Thats good to hear you were out kiting at 4 months, that gives me a bit of hope I will get some kiting in this coming summer.

Been going to the gym and using the spin bike as much as possible.

Cant do too many other exercises as I also damaged my medial meniscus and cant straighten my leg.

Thanks for the advice so far, I guess Im going to get good at Mario Kart!

Dont rush it and watch what you eat. I didnt realise how much my hobbies were keeping me in shape and ballooned...
Stretch, stretch, stretch... Whenever you can....

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sorry didn't really read this topic to well before i posted but would be good to hear how other people recoverd from surgery and what they did, sorry i know its a bit off topic but i havent had my surgery yet and sort of keen to hear about other peoples experiences????

Best of luck with the recovery Leeds.

Cheers funky and Jeff.
I know what you meant about dieting and I'm determine not to put on weight.
I used swim lots so I'll get back into that
I agree with you about being positive and my physio has said I've got a good attitude.
Like the old saying when you buy kites 'buy nice or buy twice' I'm applying that to this do it once and do right!
The surgeon did say to me I don't have to have this done but there is no way I'm giving up kiting and snowboarding just yet.

Op went well today, the PCA button works wonders, if I forget to press it my leg starts to feel like someone has drilled a whole through it! :)

I took up Mountain biking again after being out of it for 5 years. Started road cycling after 2 months and mountain biking (XC) after 3.5. great exercise and Physio. Never felt stronger (muscle wise) and i'm at the 5month mark now. 12 more month till I can get back on the water.

how long did they say you would be in hospital for?

Leeds said...

I don't want to know about wanking and cheezels!

Mountain biking sounds like a good alternative, since I know very little about it can anyone recommend a good bike for about $1-1.5 K?

My surgeon likes to install the drain tube nice and deep, holey **** that hurt being taken out!

I just got into mountain biking and brought a new bike last weekend!

depends what you want, i got a dirtjump style so i can hit up bmx tracks and dirt jumps. Not as good for trail riding though but still have done some pretty hardcore trails...

This was my second choice of bike, more about trail riding. http://99bikes.com.au/bike-browser/mountain/1492/merida-matts-trail-100-d-2011

its hard in that price range, can either get top of the line front suspension or bottom of the range dual.

I've partially torn my ACL about 3 months ago. No surgery as yet. I finally get to see the specialist in a few weeks. Obviously haven't been kiting since the accident 

Did my first very gentle mountain bike the other day since the accident, single track, very gentle hills, 9km, 1.5hrs with Mr 7 and 10yr olds in tow. Felt great to be on the bike again. Riding is fine but the danger is twisting your knee when coming off. Bear in mind my philosophy, whether mountain biking, kiting, windsurfing or track days, is if you don't come off at least once (or more) you are not going hard enough. My knee felt great afterwards, no pain, moved easily etc so I plan to do some more easy rides and try and contain myself. If I take the kids along that is a natural brake as I have to wait constantly for them anyway.

As to which bike, just get a Giant. You can do all the research but at the end of the day you'll come to the same conclusion I did which was Giant offers the best value for money, regardless of what bike style or model you get.

If cross trail is your thing in the $1-1.5k bracket, a good bike is the Giant Talon. I bought one years ago when there was only one version but now I think they have 3 different spec levels. In that price bracket, just get a hard tail (ie no rear suspension). You won't be able to get a decent full suspension bike for that price so don't bother. And for cross trail you don't really need one anyway. But is you want to get into hard core downhill stuff with motorcross helmets, body protection etc, ratchet up your price bracket and go for it, I just don't know anything about it though. In the Talon (or equivalent) You'll get, full alloy everything, decent hydraulic disc brakes, gears etc. I bought mine with 3 years free servicing which is very handy if you end up pushing your bike hard and keep on knocking things out of alignment.

Do some research as to the ground type you'll be mostly riding on and the appropriate matching tyre and then ask the shop to fit those on. The bike will come with standard generic tyres but a good bike shop will happily fit something else on for no and very little charge if you ask them before you buy the bike. I ride in mostly loose pea gravel stuff so have Maxxis Ignitors on the front for better cornering traction and Maxxis Cross Marks on the rear for reduced rolling resistance. Going tubeless is great and makes a huge difference but at that price bracket you'll have to go with Stan's No Tubes which is what I did. But buy it direct from the US, much cheaper than what you'll get locally.

If you want more of an “adrenaline rush” and take up night riding, Nite Lites are the best value for money lights out there. For $200 you'll get 1000 lumens of light (yeah baby!) with 3hr burn time or 12hrs at the reduced setting. Everyone I know uses these.

Have fun.

I know someone who had a knee injury about 10 years ago. Only got told he has no ACL about 12 months ago, he has been kiting for about 5 years. No issues.

I have almost no MCL and fair bit of my ACL intact and 3 screws holding my knee together. Took about 3 months to walk again, kiting in ~6 months, kiting hard again 12 months later.

buy a camera and go take photos. I used to hobble up the beach on my crutches.

Have had 3 ACLs and rehab is the key. Last one they did the ACL and a Tenodesis at the same time and was back on the water in 4 months riding a strapless skim in light wind. Also, the stronger your leg is before the surgery the faster you come back.

I know some now who are getting artificial ACLs and are back doing stuff in a month.

Surprised it took you so long to comment Shannon

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