Competitive Dancer Returns to Nationals After ACL Surgery in Record Time

Kylie (00:00) I've had a lot of injuries. I tore both of my hips. For like, a year and a half there was nothing I could really do other than, like, stop dancing, but I wasn't really going to do that. That's when Ortho brought me in and they, like, did a whole PRP thing for them; injections. And those did work. I am from Las Vegas, Nevada, and I am a competitive dancer. I'm obviously very into dance, very passionate about everything. And then I tore my ACL. I was on stage and, like, I didn't know what was going to happen. I had already been to Ortho before because I already had, like, previous injuries in my hips and stuff. And so, I went to them, like, right away. And like, was like, obviously my questions are... "When can I come back? Am I gonna make it? Is it the whole year for me? Like, is it over?" That was my thinking. I mean, it's like 9 months of recovery. It's not impossible to make a comeback early for coming back for Nationals, but it's not likely. And I was like, "There has to be something I can do to come back, and make It for Nationals." Which I did! What made me say "yes" to Ortho Las Vegas is they obviously know exactly what they're doing, but they're very... welcoming. They take you in, and are very kind, and like, "We got you. Like, everything will be fine." A lot of my friends have gone there because they also had previous injuries, and were like, "Yeah, go to them. They're the best ones." And I was like, okay, yeah, you're So they offered the stem cells for my knee, which is like 30 % quicker recovery, and it's expensive. And we were kind of on the fence because we were like, "Well what it doesn't work? We're gonna to pay a lot of money for this." So we were kind of we do it? And I was like, "Yes, we do do it." In January my goal was to come back at the end of June to do Nationals, and I got cleared at the 4 1/2 month mark, and I was like, "I did it." Like, that's insane. All I did was just... like, you have to be consistent with going to PT, and you have to be consistent with all of the strengthening cause it's probably the best thing. Like you have to, like, hold yourself accountable for it, you have to show up, and do it for yourself. I would recommend them because you in, and will make sure, you get the best, like, help that you need and make sure your recovery is good. They keep up with everything, they make sure you're on top of everything. They're just... they're very good people.