260 | Arthrofibrosis After ACLR: Trusting Your Gut When Rehab Isn’t Adding Up

In this episode, we dive into one of the most overlooked and misunderstood aspects of ACL rehab: what to do when your knee just doesn’t feel right. You can be doing everything “by the book,” checking every rehab box, yet still feel stuck with stiffness, blocked motion, or regression that doesn’t add up. We unpack why blindly pushing through isn’t always the answer, how arthrofibrosis and cyclops lesions can quietly derail progress, and why listening to your gut (and advocating for yourself early) can save months of frustration. This episode is about separating normal rehab discomfort from true red flags and empowering ACLers and clinicians to stop wasting time fighting the wrong problem.

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