Former Maidstone captain Blair Turgott is sharing his recovery from a serious knee injury in an online documentary.

Turgott has teamed up with a videographer in Sweden, where he won the league title with BK Hacken last season, to make Behind His Eyes.

The first episodes have been released on the forward’s YouTube channel, charting the road to fitness after rupturing his ACL during a training session in February.

Making the documentary has given Turgott a focus during what’s expected to be a nine-month lay-off and provides others with an insight into the recovery process.

It’s been a tough time for the forward who has missed Hacken’s attempts to qualify for the Champions League while sidelined.

They reached the second qualifying round, losing on penalties, and drew 2-2 with Aberdeen in the first leg of a Europa League play-off on Thursday night.

Turgott, 29, said: “I’m doing the documentary to show people the process because ACL is an injury so many people hear of but they don’t really know what goes on day in, day out.

“I’m working with a videographer who travels around with me.

“You see the gruesome stuff and also some of the nice stuff, like the first day going on the bike and the first day walking without crutches.

“There’ll be one or two episodes a month until, God willing, I’m back on the pitch. It’s helped me get my head around the whole thing.

“It’s nice to have something to put your energy into.

“You can get caught up in an injury so it’s nice to have something else to focus on and this has given me a massive opportunity to do that.

“You hear of so many players who’ve done their ACL and you see them back on the pitch in nine months.

“You’re like, ‘Wow, what must they have gone through?’

“This is giving people an opportunity to actually see what happens.

“It’s the authentic, real side of it.

“There’s times when you can’t walk and there’s times when you’re buzzing just because you can walk without limping.

“There’s ups and downs but I look at everything step by step.

“I’m cracking on with my recovery and it’s going well.

“I’m at the stage now where I’m able to run and do stuff on the pitch and put my boots back on, which is nice.

“The time goes quicker because you’re able to do more things.

“I’m hoping before the end of the year I can get out there on the pitch properly.”

Turgott was speaking during a visit to Maidstone for his summer holiday football camp at Park Way Primary School.