Injured Parents: If You’re Not Around, Who Looks After Everyone?
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Mum Overcomes ACL Surgery
Linda tore her ACL and meniscus on a tornado kick. Mum of three. Two years later she’s training again — and she can sprint for a forgotten bandana. Her story. Watch the full session below — then open the video page for notes, timestamps, and related guides.
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The ACL Comeback Program
A structured 28-day knee rehab program designed for people stuck in the "almost better" phase after ACL or meniscus injury. Rebuild strength, restore confidence, and bridge the gap between feeling okay and being fully back.
Don’t put things off
Last question I had written down: what would you say to a young mum who has injured herself, has kids, and wants an active life?
Linda: come in, get checked. We’re not getting any younger. No harm in getting it looked at. Don’t put things off. See Shraz — I’ll take the plug.
Then she named the real pattern. As young parents we put everything else above us. Kids number one. Activities two. School three. Extracurricular. Family. Work. After all of that, we come.
If you want to look after your family, you need to look after yourself first. If you’re not around, who’s going to do everything? Make time to look after yourself, then you can look after everyone else.
That’s the close of Mum Overcomes ACL Surgery. Watch on YouTube.
Want a structured program, not just an article?
This guide gives you the framework. The ACL Comeback Program ($50) is our 28-day lower-limb strength block for the “almost better” phase — when you can walk and do daily life but need progressive loading before you trust running again. Pair it with the free Knee Pain Mastery Guide for day-to-day exercises.
This is not a motivational poster
It’s a scheduling problem with medical consequences. A sprain you ignore becomes a year. A year you ignore becomes the identity “I used to train.” Linda’s first thought in the car was already about classes. The delay would have been hoping a complete tear was a sprain.
Related reading if the knee is the current excuse: she thought it was a sprain · should you have the surgery · play with your kids.
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Want this protocol mapped to your injury, scan and timeline? Our Online Rehab Academy pairs video-guided rehab with remote coaching from our clinical team — the same standards as in-clinic care, from home.
The mental program we mentioned on camera
If you struggle with anxiety, hesitation, the fear the injury will go on you, and you are not the person you wanted to be — Brick By Brick is a 7-week, self-guided place to start. I tore my patella tendon and I would have used it if it had existed. Lots of reflection. Your pace.
If you want a human to map the physical week around school pickup, book the Rehab Academy discovery call or come into Cabramatta and get checked. Don’t put it off.
Buy The ACL Comeback Program or book a free discovery call
The ACL Comeback Program is our paid 28-day lower-limb strength and confidence block ($50). We use it for ACL and meniscus rehabs — and for athletes stuck in the “almost better” phase after knee sprain, giving-way, or a long layoff from running and court sport. It is built for the whole lower limb, not only post-op ACL.
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Want a plan mapped to your scan, sport and timeline without coming in first? Book a free discovery call for our Online Rehab Academy →
Free progressive home loading: Knee Pain Mastery Guide. In Cabramatta / South West Sydney? Book an in-clinic physio assessment.
Frequently Asked Questions
What’s Linda’s advice to an injured young mum?
Come in, get checked. You’re not getting any younger. There’s no harm in getting it looked at. Don’t put things off. See someone who will actually take it seriously.
Why do parents delay rehab?
The stack: kids, activities, school, extras, family, work — then themselves. It’s not laziness. It’s a calendar that never has a blank line. The cost is you not being around in the way your family needs.
Is this just self-care talk?
No. If the knee buckles on a driveway with a child in your arms, that is not a spa day. Looking after yourself is how you keep being the person who does everything else.
I only have time for one appointment a month.
Then we use it. Maintenance and a home plan beat a perfect program you never start. Linda stayed past the usual discharge point for that reason.
What about the mental load, not just the knee?
That’s why we recorded this interview and why Brick By Brick exists. Hesitation, anxiety, “I am not who I wanted to be” — seven weeks, self-guided. Start at /brickbybrick.
Where is this in the video?
Chapter 9 — https://youtu.be/3wtzFnZ5ldY.
