Knee exercise/brace information

Question

In January of this year, I was involved in a VERY serious accident. I twisted my leg causing my kneecap to fully dislocate, spraining my anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL), and medial collateral ligament (MCL), while not tearing any ligaments, or any of my meniscus. I have since made an excellent recovery, having only minimal instability. I follow the exercises I was told to do by my Physical Therapist, and have since returned to basketball. About a week or so ago, I damaged my brace beyond repair, causing me to ask these two questions. First, is there any kind of exercises I should be doing to both help strenghten my knee and my entire lower body? And also, what kind of replacement brace should I buy? (it has to be a metal hinged one with adjustable straps for compression, those are nice and tight so I can spin in the post as I did before the injury =D ) Any input/links/even recommend a brand from experience or peer use would be excellent! And if anyone has any questions to ask me further about the situation, please ask away.

Thanks for reading and answering!

Dustin

Answer 1

I tore my ACL earlier this year, had the surgery in march and am playing basketball again too. I am doing an ACL prevention program to prevent further damage. It's a lot of poly-metrics.

As for a brace, I don't use one and I have not had any problems. I only wear a knee sleeve when golfing. My surgeon told my family that there is no evidence showing that the brace prevents re-injury. If you do want one though I hear Donjoy is good. Some of those you have to be fitted for though at your doctor's office. hope this helps.