Patients will be discharged home allowed to fully weight-bear as comfort allows with walking aids for use for a 2 week period. They will be discharged wearing a locked knee brace. They will be reviewed at 2 days after surgery for a wound check and brace removal. They will be instructed in closed kinetic chain knee exercises, range of motion exercises, advised on cryotherapy and referred to the physiotherapy department for a formal ACL rehabilitation programme which will begin 2-3 weeks after surgery. This is all routine care in the researcher's institution.