Hello ACL surgery survivors! I need your thoughts. I had ACL replacement surgery in 2000 and am doing fine. I'm 45 and generally in decent shape. At the rear corner of my brain, something tells me that my phsyical therapist who helped me recover told me to stay away from lunges. Have you had any issues with your replaced ACL? Are there alternative exercises that you have used to replace the lunge portion of the program? Thanks!

Hi,

I have had 5 knee operations including ligaments and cartilage replacements so feel a little qualified here!!!

When I do lunges in the warm up of Plyometrics, this is normally fine and (I've been told that building up the muscles around the knee is good). As for Mary Katherine lunges in Plyometrics, I modify them so that I never have both feet off the ground at the same time.

This is the same for the squat twists type exercises that appear in Plyometrics. I can do some but not all of the different types - I'm more worried about damaging the knee than not being able to do it. With the ones that I can't do properly I just do a modified version which usually involves not jumping in the air.

Although your operation was a few years back (my last op was 2005), it is probably worth getting some professional advice first as each case is going to be different.

Hope this helps.

Uday

Thanks Uday - I appreciate your thoughts! and I agree that seeking professional opinion is probably in order.