ACL injury?

I tore my ACL in January jumping up and down in my friend's living room at the end of the Seahawk/Cowboys playoff game. I went through 2 months of physical therapy. They told me just to be careful and watch it. But when will it get better? What kind of exercising can I do while it heals?

You left some unanswered questions in your statement that will prevent me from giving you the answers to your questions. Did you have reconstructive surgery? How hold are you? How active are you? Did you have an MRI to confirm a tear in the ACL?
Feel free to message me if you want real answers from a qualified professional.

well. i tore my acl not to long ago and let me tell you, i'm sorry that happened to you becuase i know how bad it sucks.
To exersize your knee go for small runs, or ride a bike, and dont do things that will twist your knee.
And i'm supprised that you didnt get surgery. Ususally after some one tares their acl they get surgery. I had to get surgery on my knee and i was out for about 6 months, but now i'm all healed and i feel like it never happened..
Doctors always say after some one gets that bad of an injury that your knee will never be 100% again, but it will get pretty close to it.
I also strongly reccomend stretching your knee daily. that is so important. You need to make sure you have a full range of motion on your knee.
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I think a key point to note is that it isn't going to "heal". You can exercise to build up the muscles in your leg, which will help support the knee, but a torn ligament will always be torn. Plus, in the weakened state there is always the risk for further injury and tear of other ligaments.
I also had an ACL tear that I didn't have surgery for initially, but in hindsight I should have. A few years later I re-injured the knee and it was a mess. Now that I've had the surgery it's finally better.

Rebecca,
Did your PT give exercises to continue after therapy? You should continue those until you have maxed out the reps and sets. Exercising should be limited to activity that DOES NOT cause pain. Avoid activities that involve "cutting" or turning, or hyper flexing (bending) the knee. A way to tell if you are ready to progress in activity is pain and swelling. If you have an increase in either, do not increase that activity until you can complete without either. At any time you feel instability you should stop activity. Any increased pain or swelling that does not subside with rest and appropriate medication, yo should return to you Dr. Any participation in an organized sport or activity you should get Dr. approval.
There are 3 levels of tears.
Mild: damage to the ligament on a micro or cellar level, usually requires rest and some therapy.
Moderate: damage to the ligament, but not a complete tear or extensive damage, requires therapy and may include surgery in some cases.
Sever: usually implies a complete tear of the ligament or significant damage, requires therapy and in most cases surgery depending on the individual and activity level.

I would recommend a follow up with you PT or Dr. Discuss your goals for activity and insure that you are on a appropriate recovery pace to accomplish those goals.
**The body heals at its own rate and very little can be done to change that rate.**