Still Walking With Crutches After One Month?

Picture from Goal.com

Neymar Junior is definitely a world class footballer who just had an ACL reconstruction after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) on 181023. However, his rehabilitation does not seem world class at all. 

You can hear him yelling when his knee is being forced to bend (knee flexion) with 3 people involved. I am not sure if the video was put up just to garner more views, but that is not what to do if you want to improve knee bending range. Getting full extension (knee straightening) is more important early on to avoid any chance of getting a cyclops lesion. 

And still walking with crutches after one month? Our patients are sometimes discharged and walking with no crutches from the hopsital or our clinic after a few days.

Come see us in our clinics if you need rehabilitation after your your ACL reconstruction.