Can I Still Run Fast After ACL Surgery? Speed Coach Puts Me to the Test

In this video you'll come along with me as I visit a speed coach and do some speed, power, and force output testing to see where I'm at in my ACL recovery and the early return to sport process!

Before tearing my ACL, speed and quickness were always my differentiating factors in athletics. My biggest fear with this injury was that I would lose my speed and therefore my edge on the football field.

But something I realized early on is that this injury has been an opportunity to revisit the basics and re-learn skills I had previously taken for granted from the ground up. I've actually never been taught how to run, I've just always been naturally fast and I've worked hard to build strength to fuel the engine. This is my chance to learn specific running techniques that I can use to optimize my speed and come back even faster than before!

That doesn't mean it's all rainbows and sunshine along the way - as you'll see my competitive self gets pretty bummed out by some of these results, but it's just more fuel to the fire to keep pushing!