After my ACL surgery, what should I plan to wear?!
Question:
After my ACL surgery, what should I plan to wear?
Will I be able to wear long pants, and will I e able to take off the brace to get dressed or will it be too painful? I'm not going to have to cut all my pants off on one leg, am I? Should I just plan for sweatpants?
Answers:
Shorts or loose pants will be best...you can always wear the brace on the outside of your pants if you have to wear pants that are too tight for the brace, but that looks weird. You will most definitely be able to take the brace off anytime you want...you just have to wear it while walking b/c your quad muscle (front of the thigh) will be too weak to prevent your knee from collapsing while walking the the first 1-3 wks.