@all_in_acl: Incredibly proud of ALL IN ACLer @brousedanielle for the work she put in to achieve this milestone! She earned this by meeting strict criteria that allows her to have confidence she will tolerate walking without crutches consistently! ⁠ ⁠ The level of her injury left her in a brace for 8 weeks BEFORE her surgery which can make it extremely difficult to rebuild the strength to get off of crutches quickly and without an issue⁠ after surgery⁠ ⁠ Because of this she got a plan in place with us during that pre-op time and came out of surgery ready to go ⁠ ⁠ She was back in the gym 12 days post-op building strength on the leg press to work towards being able to support her full bodyweight ⁠ ⁠ From there she rebuilt her quad strength, and her hyperextension control to be able to achieve 3 sets of 10 straight leg raise without a lag while maintaining her full extension and to walk normally without crutches⁠ ⁠ This is just the first of many milestones she'll continue to achieve as she's poised for success at 2 months post-op checking all the boxes of ⁠ ⁠ - Walking normally⁠ - A quiet knee ⁠ - Moving real weight on a knee extension machine ⁠ - Progressively Overloading on a Leg Press⁠ - Starting to control her bodyweight on step ups and step downs ⁠ ⁠ Incredibly proud of the model recovery she is drawing up! ⁠ ⁠ #ALLINACL #ACL #meniscustear #PatellaTendonGraft #ACLcomeback2026

Tommy Mandala, ACL COACH

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Monday 22 June 2026 16:59:24 GMT