Knee pain - 1 year post acl reconstruction

I had acl and meniscus surgery 15 months ago. Its been sore the entire time. But the past few days the back of my knee is so swollen n painful stretching feeling when i move. Like a rusty hinge. My problem is, i have to contact wrk comp to get this handled. I hate dealing with them. Idk what to do.

18 years ago I had ACL reconstruction and some years foot is painful and numb over a period of about a month. Hamstring also is painful. Cannot be positive it is the ACL reconstruction that is responsible. Stretching helps the hamstring.

I had ACL reconstruction surgery about three years ago. I am still having pain and swelling in my knee and I am unable to squat down or even attempt to run on it. It still swells up on me after walking and I am on my feet all day at work and it swells very bad after a day of work. Any suggestions or ideas on what could be going on? I have done the shot therapy thru my ortho dr., am at a point where I don't know what to do.

I managed to blow out both knees at once. I had one knee done 7 years ago and 8 for the other. Before I went under the knife, my surgeon told me that occasional pain and swelling would happen. That sounded much better than the painful face-plants I was taking each time my knees gave out. Now I have rock solid stability and occasional pain and swelling. It seems a fair price to me. I find it odd that no one else in this thread has mentioned their surgeons warning them. I was warned and everyone I know who's had the same surgery by many different surgeons were also warned. Just sayin'.

My 16 year old daughter tore her ACL November of 2012. She had surgery Jan. 2013 and just celebrated the 1 year post op. She plays Fastpitch Softball and was released to play in September. She gradually started to play again in tournaments at the end of Oct and throughout Nov. Last week were school tryouts(everyday 2-3 hours a day) and by Thursday morning her knee was very tender and swollen right in front of her knee. We were afraid she did something to it being that she played in Oct/Nov and no problems. We went back to the ortho Dr. yesterday and after the exam and X-rays, he says the knee is in good shape. (the swelling went down over the weekend with her being off of it and icing it) He said that the knee is going to pinch and "bite". He told her to ice after workouts/games and take aleve/advil before and/or after. I don't think once your tear up your knee (or anything for that matter), that it will ever be the same. I believe you have to continue to baby it and at times if manageable fight through the pain and/or back off a little.

I tore my ACL in 2011-had ACL reconstruction. 2 years later I joined the Police Academy and was training to get through my run and had excessive pain during and after running. I went back to my surgeon because I had trouble getting the swelling down and he gave me cortisone shots to help with the pain. I also had a lot of popping and cracking in my knee. One day while training I heard a pop and lost stability in my knee. The doctor then sent me for an MRI and the bone plug had popped out and I had to have ACL revision reconstruction. It was caused by wrong placement of the screw hole, causing too much stress on the graft. So don't ignore the pain and swelling...your body is likely trying to tell you something.

You need to have electric shock therapy done to your quad muscles. After I had my first acl replacement.. Muscles just wouldn't wake up. I couldn't do ANYTHING with my left leg. Couldn't even move my foot or keep it on the bike pedal when they first started therapy. So they decided to use electric shock therapy.. And they ended up turning it up really high.. But after a few weeks.. I could start to flex my muscles. I had my first ACL replacement when I was 15. When I was 17 they had to take out the screws because my body rejected them. And then a few months after that I tore my other acl and had to have it replaced too. I'm 19 now.. And I can't run. Can't jump. And I wanna work out.. But I can't even squat. I have old lady knees. Is this a curse I will have to live with the rest of my life?

I also had my ACL repaired almost a year ago and I jumped back into running like no problem. That's when one day while running I experienced excruciating pain in the back and side of my knee. I thought I tore something in my knee, possibly injured my ACL again. I could barely walk for about a week and that's when I went to the doctor. He said that it was probably inflamed and not used to all the running quite yet and to let it rest for a few months. I would run occasionally and the pain was there, but not as bad. I just recently went to the doctor and he said that I need to stretch more before I run and that it just needs to get used to it. Is that how it is going to be from now on when I run? I'm scared to run because I'm in pain when I run. Also my knee sometimes aches usually after being on my feet all day or just out of no where. Does anyone else have this happen? Please send me feedback. I want to hear about what everyone else is experiencing.

You are all dreaming.After 6 weeks you should feel normal.

Take a lawyer and Sue the devic company or the surgeon.Too many mistakes are made,After 6 weeks you should have no more pain.

I had ACL surgery on my right knee lil over a year ago and ever since I had it done I wish I dent do it I still can't bend my knee put presser on it I get swollen and in the winter I get a sharp pain in the left side of my right knee I can't walk up n down stairs the way I should be.. I'm so tired of being in pain but I had another MRI BC I felt something was not right but they swear everything is good.. I love to work out that's how I lose wait n I can't do that no more BC it hurts... When I get up I have to put all the presser on my left leg so my right knee don't hurt.

My daughter had complete acl tear and surgery repair 8 months ago..She is 17 we did full 6 months if therapy and she is always very active but since she started spring workouts for softball her knee has been swelling and mild pain..Is this normal..we have been icing every day..

Mine is terrible when I am on it all day at work...not sure what it is but it is extremely painful...for everyday use I am noticing it is not that bad...I can only tell because I am out of work for the past month for a female surgery

I had the rt. ALL replaced with a toooo long cadaver tendon. They put it in "the new way" them pulled it out and reinsert ed it the old fashioned way. This caused extreme burning in all my bones and joints. It also set off degenerative going disease. Have needed 2 hips and have 2 frozen shoulders. This started in 2001. I live with it on med school. Do you know of this and a path I might have missed. ALL of Boston ignores it. Not fibromyalGia. Burning pain in long bones and joints.

Hi - I have exact same symptoms, how are you doing now?