Stage 1: Week 1; Wake up the core: glutes and abductors, avoid overdoing the psoas hip flexors.
Stage 2: Week 2; Get rid of the crutches and start to work on balance, muscle control and hip adductor stretches and strength.
Stage 3: Week 3; Stamina and endurance phase starting slow then increasing to 90% by week 6.
This accelerated recovery is only possible with the Biological Reconstruction using modern collagen scaffolds and stem cells (as opposed to microfracture, the old traditional cartilage defect procedure) because the Bio Recon construct is much more stable and can take the early weight bearing much better than microfracture, which requires 6 weeks touch weight bearing.
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