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    Hunting After Patellar Tendon Rupture

    I’m definitely learning to “embrace the suck” when it comes to recovery. It’s a slow process, but I’m seeing good results. I’m taking it slow, but the more I’m able to do the more that I want to do more! I will probably find out more about physical therapy at my next ortho appointment. I was...
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    Hunting After Patellar Tendon Rupture

    I hope to! It’s definitely a bucket list hunt that I hope to be able to do several times! I love it out west, especially in Montana, but I’m hoping to do a Colorado elk hunt soon. Hopefully the crowds aren’t quite as bad when I go! Physical therapy has been working out well. I’m hoping that...
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    First Time Elk Hunters

    I’m hoping to go in the next couple years. I have a feeling that once I go the first time, I’ll be hooked!
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    Hunting After Patellar Tendon Rupture

    I’ve sprained my ankles too many times to count, mainly by playing basketball…I’d never had any knee problems at all until December. I slipped on water while planting my left foot for a layup and went down. I looked down to my knee to find my kneecap sitting on my femur and knew I’d messed it...
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    Hunting After Patellar Tendon Rupture

    So far everything is going pretty well. I’m at basically 3 months post-op and my knee has nearly the same flexion as my good knee. Leg extension still has some lag, but I am still working on rebuilding my quad from all of the atrophy. I won’t be going anywhere for elk hunting this year, but I’m...
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    Hunting After Patellar Tendon Rupture

    All of my plans of training are on hold. Right now, I’m just focused on responsible physical therapy and moving around carefully to not re-injure my knee. I can’t afford to have a setback, so I’m being careful about it. It’s definitely weird to have to think about simple things like every step...
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    Hunting After Patellar Tendon Rupture

    I’m hoping that I can go within the next couple years. Ironically, I planned on doing a lot of training this spring—losing weight, working out again, running, buying a pack to do some ruck training. You know what they say about the best laid plans…I went from making plans to just hoping I could...
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    Hunting After Patellar Tendon Rupture

    No. Just something on the bucket list, and wanting to go sooner than later. I’m not getting any younger (as my patellar tendon reminded me!)
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    Hunting After Patellar Tendon Rupture

    So…I ruptured my left patellar tendon while playing basketball in December around a week before Christmas, and had surgery to repair the tendon on New Year’s Eve. I know that the injury is a significant injury that takes 6 months to even more than a year to recover. I’ve been working hard and...
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