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.