My Non-Surgical ACL Injury Rehab as an MMA Fighter

Watch Kendell's journey to recovery from an initial grade 1 anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear in his right knee. Kendell is a martial arts and Judo athlete and was looking for a way to get back to his passion without undergoing surgery. We were fortunate enough to have him rehab with Josh Chung, one of at Kinetic Labs’ experienced physiotherapists with expertise in jiu-jitsu and ACL rehabilitation.
Josh worked with Kendell to develop a personalized rehabilitation plan that was tailored to Kendell's specific needs. The plan included a combination of exercises to improve power, strength, flexibility, stability and balance in his knee. Kendell's plan also included sport-specific exercises to help him regain the confidence and skills needed to return to martial arts, judo, and running.
With Josh's help, Kendell was able to make a full recovery and return to the activities he loves without the need for surgery.
00:00 ACL injury story
00:40 Knee symptoms
01:49 Rehab sessions
03:23 Returning to MMA
To learn more about ACL rehab, read our post here:
kineticlabs.ca/blog/the-compl...

[@kendellramdeen1007]

Thank You Kinetic Labs for everything!

[@P1ckfl0wers]

Very insightful. Thank you!

[@c.austin]

Great video

[@KrisWithSticks]

Nice video !

[@maverick8777]

Inspiring story 🔥🔥. Upon starting rehab, how many months did it took you to get back to your mma training ??

[@VibratoIbanez]

Good but it was just a grade 1 tear. It's a different game when it's a complete tear - you need surgery then.

[@MotivationalClips003]

I have got an complete tear but im still able to do everything, doctor dont want to do a surgery

[@karthikn621]

@@MotivationalClips003 can u do sports???

[@sinancalskan9010]

@@MotivationalClips003 It depends to what you doing. You can not play football with complete teared ACL. You need surgery.

[@portocyg]

Couldn’t agree more , i was complete tear ACL and complex tear of meniscus it’s really need op.

[@simplytruth9729]

​@@sinancalskan9010john Elway football played without ACL

[@fabianblack8177]

I got my knee cap dislocated, had 3 weeks with my knee plastered, now 1 week without plaster and i can't fully bend my knee, still inflamated and i fear i wont fight again, any advice? Or simillar experiences anyone?

[@Black-zr6is]

You'll fight again for sure. As long as your knee is healed you're good. The range of motion will come back with physiotherapy (find a good doctor tho) I've had both of my acl torn and operated on. I still wrestle. If you hadn't had surgery and it was just a dislocation you have a very high chance to get back to sport. It may take some time but you can't give up my guy.❤

[@fabianblack8177]

@@Black-zr6is i did fight again, i won many, i didn't even remember how scared i was when i wrote that comment, but yeah i made sure to heal properly, started to get back into training, light and slowly and from there i took with time

[@Black-zr6is]

@@fabianblack8177 good to know brother