Ok so I was playing full contact football every Saturday with gym buddies till I tore my knee up back in March. Turns out I pulled my lateral, posterior and patellar ligaments. Anyway my football days are over but I have not been able to get a legit leg workout in since th injury. I've just started to put squats back onto my routine but anything over 225 causes concerning discomfort. I've decided drop weight and stick with 135 but I'm not sure if I'm getting much out of it and I know my core strength is suffering. I've been trying to speed up the healing process and have been taking every OTC joint support I know of but I feel like I'm stuck at 70% recovered. I'm taking achilles, joint rebuild, osteo bi-flex and I've just started taking some tart cherry extract hahaha.

I was hoping to start a cycle in July but I don't think my knee will be ready

Have any of you dealt with lingering knee ligament issues? And what did you do to help recovery?