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- May 21st, 2006, 11:32 pm
- Forum: Health & Fitness
- Topic: Using erg for rehabilitation
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bionic~ I tore my ACL ligament in March (snow skiing) and had replacement surgery at the beginning of April. My OS actually wrote a prescription for an erg after I spoke to him about my desire to get back to rowing ASAP. When I started PT I spoke to the PT about using the erg to aid in the rehab, bu...
- April 27th, 2006, 12:56 am
- Forum: Health & Fitness
- Topic: acl destroyed 25 years ago-should I have it fixed or not?
- Replies: 11
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Hi Grams~ This may or may not be of help to you, but I'll share my recent ACL replacement experience. I tore my ACL skiing at the beginning of March and I had surgery on April 3. The doctor highly recommended having the surgery because of my age (34) and my active lifestyle. I had my ACL replaced wi...
- April 11th, 2006, 10:19 pm
- Forum: Health & Fitness
- Topic: ACL replacement and erging
- Replies: 7
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Thanks for the encouragement, John :D I've been rowing/erging for a few years now and have not had any knee problems so I'm thinking the erg will be helpful. I think you hit the nail on the head~ I need to start slow and build up over time. I saw the surgeon today and he said everything looks great....
- April 10th, 2006, 9:15 pm
- Forum: Health & Fitness
- Topic: ACL replacement and erging
- Replies: 7
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ACL replacement and erging
Hi everyone! I just received my Model D today and am very excited. I'm a rower and decided to finally bite the bullet and get my own erg. I tore my ACL in March and had ACL replacement surgery last week. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with using the erg as part of the rehab that is req...