Coming back from an injury

The old rule of thumb for ice versus heat has been "ice only for the first 48 hours" and then alternate ice and heat". Try ice for 20 minutes, then off for 40 minutes, repeat a few times. As far as training goes, what did your doc say you could do? It sounds like swimming could be okay, but I would ask before you do anything. I train at a gym that has a few treadmills in the indoor lap pool. I would have used those when I was injured, but I chose to sit around and feel sorry for myself and drink Johnny Walker instead. I wouldn't recommend that.... One piece of advice that I can't stress enough: if they give you any type of phyical therapy, follow it religiously. That's helped me after each of my seven knee surgeries. Good luck! I hope everything works out for you.