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So who has ruptured their patellar tendon besides me?
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So who has ruptured their patellar tendon besides me?
I am one week in to recovery, as of today, for surgery to repair my ruptured patellar tendon. I missed the last step on our basement stairs last Tuesday evening and also missed the end of the hand-rail. My left leg (wearing socks only) slipped on the tile landing, swept out from under me towards my right leg, and my full (210 lb.) weight went down on my kneecap / patellar tendon onto the tile, severing my tendon. Yes, it hurt very badly.
But I am on my way to recovery. I understand it's like a ten week rehab.
Does anyone else have practical experience with re-habbing their patellar tendon rupture?
Figured it wouldn't hurt to get some advice if it's out there...thanks!
Thanks Capt - not sure how long ago "back in the day" means to you...I'm hoping they have come up with some advancements in the procedures over the last ten years or so. From what I have read, they did make some significant discoveries and changes to the way they suture the wound internally, which I guess makes a big difference on how quickly it "takes" to healing and how sturdy it is. Hopefully this aids in the rehab process.
Well, I'll know more today - first follow-up visit with the Dr. since the surgery. I'm hoping they let me bend my knee in a traction brace enough so I can at least drive.
I tore my ACL 18 months ago and had it surgically repaired. There are multiple ways to create a “new” ACL including using a cadaver tendon, part of your hamstring or cutting the middle third of the Patellar tendon out and using it to be the new ACL. The middle third will grow back over time. Anyway, I decided to us my Patellar tendon. 18 months later my Patellar still hurts from time to time. I cannot kneel on it for long and it is still sensitive to the touch. My ACL is now completely rehabbed and I’m back to sports, but it’s a long, long, long recovery road. Don’t rush it and spend lots of time rehabbing. No short cuts.
It could have been worse....I shattered my heal the day after Thanksgiving. I didn't even begin therapy until 10 weeks after the fall. In this pic can you guess which foot is mine and which is my son's?
That's pretty nasty Tireless. Actually very nasty.
Well I just got back from my first Dr.'s visit post-surgery. Three more weeks in the immobilzer brace with no bending. Then PT begins. They'll fit me with an adjustable brace at that time so I can start the PT.
Worst thing is I can't drive without being able to bend my left knee - can't fit in the cab of my Tacoma! The thought of my wife having to drive me around is terrible! Seriously though, relying on people to drive me sucks. Work-wise, luckily I can work from home and go in to the office maybe part-time - bosses are pretty cool about it.
Aghhh, frustrating! Goal is to be ready to splash the boat by Memorial Day Weekend.
That's pretty nasty Tireless. Actually very nasty.
Well I just got back from my first Dr.'s visit post-surgery. Three more weeks in the immobilzer brace with no bending. Then PT begins. They'll fit me with an adjustable brace at that time so I can start the PT.
Worst thing is I can't drive without being able to bend my left knee - can't fit in the cab of my Tacoma! The thought of my wife having to drive me around is terrible! Seriously though, relying on people to drive me sucks. Work-wise, luckily I can work from home and go in to the office maybe part-time - bosses are pretty cool about it.
Aghhh, frustrating! Goal is to be ready to splash the boat by Memorial Day Weekend.
A piece of advice......do absolutely everything the doc's tell you to do.....and don't anything they warn you to NOT do. I was instructed to spend the first month with my foot propped up ABOVE my heart....it wasn't easy but the consequences of not doing that would have severly lengthened by recovery. Good luck on the recovery.
I tore my ACL 18 months ago and had it surgically repaired. There are multiple ways to create a “new” ACL including using a cadaver tendon, part of your hamstring or cutting the middle third of the Patellar tendon out and using it to be the new ACL. The middle third will grow back over time. Anyway, I decided to us my Patellar tendon. 18 months later my Patellar still hurts from time to time. I cannot kneel on it for long and it is still sensitive to the touch. My ACL is now completely rehabbed and I’m back to sports, but it’s a long, long, long recovery road. Don’t rush it and spend lots of time rehabbing. No short cuts.
Do you understand that a BTB allograft for an ACL repair is nothing (and I mean nothing) like a repair of a patellar tendon rupture?
Good luck w/ your rehab, you'll likely do fine, just don't expect to reagin quad strength in a day.
Thanks guys for the words of support - Dr.'s visit was good, I am healing just fine, but the reality of the length of the recovery period is sinking in. Three more weeks of the immobilizer without bending at all, then another Dr. visit, then PT can begin. It's frustrating. But, I will follow the doc's / PT orders to a T and hopefully get out of this sooner rather than later. I am 37 years old, so the Dr. said that's to my advantage being in relatively good shape and relatively young...10 weeks if I am lucky...
Brings me right up to splash time for the boating season!
So who has ruptured their patellar tendon besides me? 
just kiddin...I hope your getting better.. 
