Hi I tore my ACL playing basketball on July 14th 2007, but didn't get reconstructive surgery until November 9th 2007, so it'll be 8 months tomorrow. My problem is that my knee doesn't seem to be getting any better for about a month or so. I have been training quite consistently with jogging for 4 miles every other day and light weight training. The college I am attending this fall and will be playing basketball on has a sort of pre-season program where we play once a week against other colleges in the area. I've been playing for the past 4 weeks in this pre-season program and have noticed no improvement each week. I am much slower than others on the floor, I can't cut very sharply and psychologically, I'm still scared to push myself for fear of re-tearing my ACL. If I do make a sharp cut, I feel a strain directly on the back of my knee and will feel it the next day or so, depending on how hard I made the cut. Basketball is very important to me and getting back to how I used to play, or at least close to it, is a top priority. The team starts training in approximately a month and a half. I asked a girl on the team (who has had 2 ACL surgeries already) about my situation and she suggested that I might have a lot of scar tissue there. Can anyone tell me what that means for me and if there are any exercises or suggestions to get back to playing basketball to my full potential. Thank you in advance for the help.

Haley

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