I had my first physical therapy appointment today. I used my handicap parking mirror hanger and parked 2 car spots from the front door which was totally cool since I have enough trouble getting in and out of the car as it is. Behind the front desk was a very large black woman that gave me the necessary paperwork to fill out. I have to laugh at these things because they ask questions "Like what are the top 3 things that you would like to achieve through your physical therapy sessions?" and "What functions are you having difficulties with?" Hmm well, let's see... I have difficulties with everything and I would like to be normal again. What stupid questions are those for someone who just had ACL surgery? Yeah, I know I'm being a little cynical; I'm feeling moody today. My phone number was hijacked and there were 7 additional phones put on my account and my phone number was changed without my knowledge and that just sucks!
The swelling is about the same, the bruising is spreading down my shin, and there's a strange lumpy bumpy thing on my shin that the physical therapist, Drew, says is probably just inflammation.
Like I said, I had PT for the first time today and Drew is my therapist. He seems quite knowledgeable which is more than I can say for the woman at the front desk. He took the usual comparison measurements between my right knee and my left and measured the amount of flexion by having me slide my heel towards my butt causing my knee to bend. It didn't seem like it was very far to me, but he said it was good.
Drew hooked me up to a stims machine. Stims is a machine that sends electrical stimulation into pads strategically placed to shock the muscles to contract. There were a series of 15 10-second shock seconds during which I was to contract my quads as hard as I could. It actually hurt more on the hamstring outer tendon. I survived and Drew gave me sheet with 6 exercises I'm to do at home. He also helped me get the brace on better and showed me how I should wrap the ace bandage I'm wearing under it. He wrapped it much tighter than how I was wrapping.
Like I said, I had PT for the first time today and Drew is my therapist. He seems quite knowledgeable which is more than I can say for the woman at the front desk. He took the usual comparison measurements between my right knee and my left and measured the amount of flexion by having me slide my heel towards my butt causing my knee to bend. It didn't seem like it was very far to me, but he said it was good.
Drew hooked me up to a stims machine. Stims is a machine that sends electrical stimulation into pads strategically placed to shock the muscles to contract. There were a series of 15 10-second shock seconds during which I was to contract my quads as hard as I could. It actually hurt more on the hamstring outer tendon. I survived and Drew gave me sheet with 6 exercises I'm to do at home. He also helped me get the brace on better and showed me how I should wrap the ace bandage I'm wearing under it. He wrapped it much tighter than how I was wrapping.
Tomorrow I have my post-op follow up visit with Dr Anderson.
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