It may seem a mundane thing, but a sweet little event happened this afternoon...my operative knee gave just a teensy "crack" as I got up from my office chair late this afternoon. Ahh, what a nice thing to hear again.
It echoes some progress I noted today, such as dimples in my knee when flexing the quads. Just a bit of persistent (but not painful) swelling remains below the knee cap.
At PT today, the big news is that I hit 126 degrees of flexion here on day number 22!
Next Friday when I go to see Miss Molly at PT, We'll begin "Closed-Chain" movements, if I recall the term correctly. That means one-legged knee bends, essentially, and taking stairs normally without guarding the operative knee. Later that same morning I have my 4-week follow-up with Dr. K.
In the meantime, I picked up an ankle weight, adjustable from 1/2 to 10 pounds in 1/2 pound increments. Was going with just 1 pound of weight for most leg lifts last week, and 3 pounds for prone and standing hamstring curls. This week I graduated to 2 and 4 pounds, respectively.
I'm gonna have to start exercising both legs at this point, or risk my operative knee and leg becoming stronger than the other!
Today is the Day
2 years ago
3 comments:
Yeah! You're doing great! I think it's officially "on" between us for a flexion battle royale!
Another excellent report! I am glad to hear that you are doing so well.
Where are you Mister? I hit 146 today! Where are you???
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