GREATER Western Sydney forward Jonathon Patton has been given the all clear to resume full training following his second knee reconstruction.

But the 21-year-old is in no rush to return, happy to bide his time on the sidelines and build confidence and fitness.

Patton tore the ACL in his right knee in round 21 last season, after suffering the same injury in the same knee in round three, 2013.

Despite the good news, the former No.1 draft pick won't be running out for GWS, or its reserves side, until he is ready.

“I’ve been training now for a while and I’m feeling really comfortable so I guess it’s just about whenever I feel right and my mind feels right to go out there," Patton told the Giants' website.

“It’s just week by week. I don’t want to rush anything. I just want to get a really good training base first.

“But at the moment the boys seem pretty good out there without me so I might just sit back, relax and watch the show for a few weeks.”

With All Australian Jeremy Cameron and 20-year-old Cam McCarthy in great form for GWS, Patton is likely to spend an extended period in the NEAFL to gain confidence and form.

The forward has been put through a grueling running program after most Giants training sessions this season.

Patton travelled to the United States in February to work with sports rehabilitation specialist Bill Knowles in Philadelphia, and said his journey back from a second reconstruction had been vastly different to his first.

“I did a lot of stuff with Bill Knowles, different stuff with your legs; jumping and landing and a few different techniques you can use for when you are changing direction, landing or jumping. Things that you need to make second nature,” Patton said.

“It was a lot of technical stuff with him. It wasn’t so much a boot camp or anything like that, but it was definitely worth it.”