Week 5.......I know I keep saying this but WOW.........I cannot believe I have made it 5 weeks.
This week I started physical therapy and while it was exciting to get out of the house......I think I have an anxiety attack every time I start therapy. I am scared to death at how much it will hurt.....and of course it did hurt pretty bad! The dr. gave me a new pain killer prescription, but its a new type and my insurance wont cover it. I survived therapy with just ibuprofen but during my next dr appt Im going to get something else. The therapist was pretty gently on day 1.....Im pretty sure Im going to need pain killers for the next couple weeks. For whatever reason I always develop a lot of scar tissue and this time appears no different.
In regards to exercise I am now able to ride the exercise bike at zero resistance. I rode in therapy the other day then rode at home on my own yesterday. I rode for over an hour and a little more than a mile. Funny, I used to ride 18 mile an hour and now Im riding 1 mile an hour......a lot of work to do to get back to my pre-surgery shape! We also discussed shifting my weight while Im standing on my crutches to get the muscles in my leg firing.......this of course hurts more than you would think.....but Ive been practicing. The therapist also told me to really work on straightening my leg as much as possible and doing straight leg raises. I was blown away, I could not even do 1 straight leg raise. I had to keep leaning back and enlarging the angle before I could even lift my leg.....crazy.
Also, after working on the CPM for 5 weeks it was picked up this morning....I was sad to see it go! lol!
The first day of therapy I could get my leg to 5% straight and 90% flexed on my own. Didnt sound too bad considering how much work had been done!!
Have a good thanksgiving......looking forward to week 6!
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