ACL Program

Before Surgery

If you are heading to surgery, you should ensure you start with some prehabilitation sessions. Undertaking surgery with a straight knee, no swelling, full knee extension quad activation and good strength can greatly improve your return to activities in the few weeks following surgery. We advise you to see one of our Physiotherapist 1x week if your surgery is booked within 4 weeks. If surgery is planned further away, you will be able to discuss prehabilitation options at your initial consultation.

After Surgery

Following surgery, you will need to see a physio at a minimum twice per week for the first month. Later on your individual appointments will transition to a weekly- and later on to a monthly-schedule. We advise to supplement these consultations with our Group Rehab, which allow you to be coached throughout the whole process.

Not all ACL injuries require surgery. Our team has extensive experience in managing ACL tears non-surgically through a combination of physiotherapy to help settle the joint, rebuild function and improve movement, and strength and conditioning once a good level of function has been regained.

Rehabilitation can start straight after ACL injury and follows the same principles. Generally, progress is usually faster because you don’t need to account for the postoperative pain, swelling and difficulty contracting your muscles that occurs with surgery.

If you have gone through at least three months of rehab and still don't feel satisfied with your knee function and stability, ACL surgery may be a good option to consider.

In the initial stages of your injury, you will need to see a physio at a minimum twice per week for the first month. Later on, your individual appointments will transition to a weekly- and later on to a monthly-schedule. We advise to supplement these consultations with our Group Rehab, which allow you to be coached throughout the whole process.