The key for Sebastian Blanco to have an extraordinary recovery and return soon to play with Portland Timbers

The Argentine will undergo surgery on Monday and then he will begin a long rehabilitation in which he must take certain precautions if he wants to return to the pitch quickly. How quickly he returns to the pitch will be influenced by the type of graft, surgical skill, strength of its attachment and progress of his physical therapy.

Blanco’s ACL will be reconstructed using a graft, pulling a segment of tissue from either a cadaver, his kneecap tendon or his hamstring tendon, with the hamstring method the more popular choice.

The key for his recovery will be patient due to rehab following ACL reconstruction is extremely painful and requires patience on the part of the patient and physical therapist.