K+46 days post surgery Mondays are always fun since they are long physical therapy days. 5:30-7:00am 18 miles on spin bike 7:00-8:00am strength exercises, etc... then off to physical therapist
8:15-10:15 physical therapy routine - 15 minutes of heat pad on knee - 10 minutes of heel slides - 10-15 minutes of knee massage and range of motion manipulation to work out scar tissue (always fun!) - knee range of motion measurement (reached 150 degrees today without assistance and 152 degrees with assistance; the assistance part is always fun as well!) - 30 straight leg lifts with anle weights - 30 side leg lifts with ankle weights - 5-10 minutes of quad squeezes - 15 minutes on bike - Off to weight machines and squat slide machine for 5 sets of weight machines and then on the squat slide machine for about 20 minutes and 4 different squat exercises - Finally finish up with PT checking things out and then 15 minutes of ice 8:00-9:00pm - 1 hour of spin bike for 12 miles 9:00-10:00pm - strength exercises and final ice for the night So today was a step forward. The PT had me walk for him. I walked about 10 steps with a limp. The PT feels I am still limping a bit too much to ditch the crutch yet. So I need to get the leg a little stronger this week before I can get rid of the crutch.
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