Hi there,

I agree with Yarok however I would recommend continue to wear the brace for support as you may find that you will experience epsiodes of dislocations which are not pleasant but this may not be the case if your muscles have become accustomed to your injuries as your body has a tendency to compensate.

I would say that I have had a previous patient before that had all 3 injuries howevr was stuck in a rigid brace for 3 months and therefore was stuck in extension and required a lot of physiotherapy such as manual therapy, dry needling and massage to get it back to normal range of movement. I did give them gentle exercises with a theraband which is like a large elastic band to maintain some basic strength. Otherwise doing daily range of movement exercises as below.

Knee Range of Motion Exercises - YouTube

Otherwise I woudl recommend swimming but no kicking so having a pool noodle or bouy between your legs which is very important as kicking will aggravate your symptoms. However dont do any exercises that aggravate or make your pain worse.

I have had patients with injured knees still attend the gym but just so upper body exercises such as weights and the arm cycle (ergometer) machine which may be an idea to keep your sanity.

Also perhaps see another physiotherapist for some manual work like soft tissue release or dry needling as you muscles do tend to compensate and become tight and weak so sometimes (more often than not) releasing the muscle in not just your knee but also your gluteals and lower back assist with symptoms your feeling. Does this make sense? When you compensation and reduce the amount of weight bearing in your injured leg your muscle will automatically waste and reduced in strength becoming tighter and can be a source of pain.

Hope this helps.

Good luck in getting in with the surgery. Ihave found that I tell my patients to call on a weekly basis to check on where you stand with surgery on the waiting list just so they dont forget.