Tuesday, January 17, 2012
One More Thing
I forgot to share how fast and how much Im riding.....I am up to riding 20 miles an hour and other than PT I ride 10 miles 5 times a week.....Pretty cool huh?
Recovery Weeks 11, 12, and 13
Recovery during weeks 11, 12, and 13 has been much of the same. However, I am starting to show some significant improvement in muscle strength and have been working hard in PT to add time and reps to every exercise.....we've also added a few more exercises. I am riding the bike on resistance 3 for 10 minutes, 5 wall sits for 1 min each, calf raises 4 sets of 10, balance board 4 sets of 10, single leg stance 4 sets for 30 seconds each, total gym squats 4 sets of 10, tread mill....Im up to 2 miles an hour for 10 minutes, and straight leg raises 4 sets of 10.......basically about 40 minutes of strength training. Im still unable to climb any stairs but Im sure that'll come.
I have been using the cane for about 4 weeks and am now pretty much done with it. Interesting though, if I sit for any amount of time and especially when I get up in the morning, I cannot walk without it. Once Im up and walking, I do okay without it. It's been a very tough transition....8 weeks on crutches, now 4 weeks on a cane......moving forward though.
One thing Ive also started noticing is the effect of the acute pain from PT and how that affects me emotionally. About 10 days ago the therapist was doing those stinking knee cap slides and tweaked my knee pretty good. It caught me off guard and hurt so bad I started crying......and quite honestly....was in a pretty serious funk for about 4 days after. Im not sure if its a reminder that i am not anywhere near healed and can be so easily hurt, or if it is truly a new neural pathway that has been created allowing this pain to affect my brain......whatever the case...it's been a trying few weeks.
Ive got a doctors appointment this week and we'll discuss a new round of PT......my current track is 12 weeks which will be up in another few weeks......the therapist thought the doctor would probably recommend another 12 weeks.......need to be able to get up and down the stairs someday! lol! :)
I have been using the cane for about 4 weeks and am now pretty much done with it. Interesting though, if I sit for any amount of time and especially when I get up in the morning, I cannot walk without it. Once Im up and walking, I do okay without it. It's been a very tough transition....8 weeks on crutches, now 4 weeks on a cane......moving forward though.
One thing Ive also started noticing is the effect of the acute pain from PT and how that affects me emotionally. About 10 days ago the therapist was doing those stinking knee cap slides and tweaked my knee pretty good. It caught me off guard and hurt so bad I started crying......and quite honestly....was in a pretty serious funk for about 4 days after. Im not sure if its a reminder that i am not anywhere near healed and can be so easily hurt, or if it is truly a new neural pathway that has been created allowing this pain to affect my brain......whatever the case...it's been a trying few weeks.
Ive got a doctors appointment this week and we'll discuss a new round of PT......my current track is 12 weeks which will be up in another few weeks......the therapist thought the doctor would probably recommend another 12 weeks.......need to be able to get up and down the stairs someday! lol! :)
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