It's been a little over 9 weeks now since my ACL reconstruction. I feel like my recovery is going great, but I also have guarded feelings on "testing" it.
PT is PT. There's not much to say about it other than I was supposed to jog on the treadmill for 1 minute this week. At any rate, my PT person, Anna, decided to wait a week before starting the jogging... oops. She did start me on some side skipping things where I pick up a cone and do like a hopping side stepping thing and drop the cone onto a pile of cones 10' apart. Monday was the first day I did this and I was very hesitant! Wednesday I was I a little more relaxed with it.
I'm on the elliptical for 10 minutes each PT session as my warm up and end with a 10 minute walk on the treadmill. Most of the middle exercises are the same as I've been doing for a while now.
I do have to have the "you do know what I do for a living" discussion with Anna so that she understands what physical demands are required of me before returning. I also unfortunately have to schedule the meniscopy of the left knee too which I've been putting off. (sigh) On the positive side the extra time it will take to recover from the other knee being scoped will be built in time for my right knee to recover even more!
My next ortho appointment is on Nov 4.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
7 Weeks and some
I feel like I've made big progress since my last blog entry. Obviously I'm no longer using the brace or the crutches. I've been swimming a couple of times. The first time aggravated my knee a little bit, but not so much after that. PT is going well now that I've switched therapists. Anna keeps an eye on me pretty much the whole time even if she's not right next to me. Yesterday I walked 10 minutes on the treadmill and for the first time I didn't hold on at all and my form was pretty good all the way through; the last minute I started favoring my right knee, but not like before!
Yesterday Anna had me try the elliptical. That didn't go so well. I feel pain on the downward stroke when the max of my weight is bearing down. I also still have some difficulty with stairs, but that is getting better too. I do hobble up them quite a bit after a hard session of PT like yesterday. I think the thing that aggravates my knee the most is full forward moving pressure like stairs. We've also been doing this exercise where I stand on a foam mat and dip my right leg and toe touch my left toe to 12:00, 9:00, and 6:00 while bending down slightly with my right knee. That causes pain and I'm thinking might be the culprit for my extreme soreness yesterday. I can't visually see swelling, but I can feel it. The Game Ready icing machine is awesome!
On the positive side I am walking better with minimal limp. Yeah.
Yesterday Anna had me try the elliptical. That didn't go so well. I feel pain on the downward stroke when the max of my weight is bearing down. I also still have some difficulty with stairs, but that is getting better too. I do hobble up them quite a bit after a hard session of PT like yesterday. I think the thing that aggravates my knee the most is full forward moving pressure like stairs. We've also been doing this exercise where I stand on a foam mat and dip my right leg and toe touch my left toe to 12:00, 9:00, and 6:00 while bending down slightly with my right knee. That causes pain and I'm thinking might be the culprit for my extreme soreness yesterday. I can't visually see swelling, but I can feel it. The Game Ready icing machine is awesome!
On the positive side I am walking better with minimal limp. Yeah.
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