ACL reconstruction recovery log — month 4 through month 10

Month 4, week 2: no change on numbers yet (expected). Zero side effects from either compound. Squats feel fractionally less weird.

Month 5: quad symmetry 78%, single leg hop 73%, Y-balance 7". Full extension back. Deep squat painless. Started box jumps and low-level plyos.

Quad coming back is the biggest unlock. Everything else follows that.

This is a fast trajectory. In a good way. Keep it conservative.

Month 6: quad symmetry 85%, hop 82%, Y-balance 4". Cleared to start jogging straight line. Took the first jog today, no issues.

Month 7: quad 91%, hop 88%, Y-balance 2". Started gentle cutting drills on grass, no hesitation. Knee feels like it belongs to me again.

Month 8: quad 94%, hop 92%, Y-balance within normal limits. Agility work full effort. Dropped TB500 as planned, kept BPC running for two more months.

Month 9: quad 96%, hop 95%. Returned to recreational soccer (no-contact drills only). Wore a brace just for paranoia.

9 months and back on the pitch is ahead of schedule. Nice work.

Month 10 wrap-up: quad 98%, hop 97%. Dropped BPC a week ago, no change in anything. Back to real training. Not sure how much of this to credit to the peptides vs. just consistent rehab, but I don't regret running them at all and I came back faster than any of my teammates who did the same surgery. Closing this out.

The honest wrap — can't separate peptide contribution from rehab quality — is exactly what a good log reads like.

Textbook log. Thanks for seeing it through.

Solid log bro. The quad numbers alone are worth running it, and yeah you prob can't really know what the peptides did vs just being dialed in on rehab but the fact that you closed faster than your buddies is the real metric. Graft remodeling is no joke and most people just vibe check their way back into activity, so at least you had a plan.