I was put on a stationary bicycle in pt...just a couple of weeks after surgery.  Kickboxing was at 6 months with a brace.  During the six months of not being able to do the sports I wanted to do, i spent strength training, elliptical machines, and swimming.  Good luck to you and you will get back to your martial arts even though it may seem like an eternity.

Lori S <drakkonfang@...> wrote:

Just wanted to say howdy. I'm a 32yo female who's 6 days post-op ACL
reconstruction with a patellar graft. My injury was chronic - started
when I was twelve, and twenty years of martial arts abuse later, my
knee went to the dogs. Prior to the surgery, my orthopedic surgeon
wasn't convinced I needed a repair (my joint had tightened up
considerably) - was just going to scope it to see what was going on.
Took him 10 min of hunting to find the remnants of my ACL, which was
shredded.

I do have a question from those who are post-op on the board. How
long did it take for you to return to knee-friendly sports like
bicycling? They've got me waiting a year on martial arts, 9 months on
horseback riding...I'm looking for something to fill in the time so I
don't fill out my waistline too much!

Thanks in advance!
Lori