... and man, is it ever brutal. Now, I don't mean to scare you if you are recovering from knee surgery and getting close to starting PT. But, honestly, my therapist pushes so hard for improvement and the pain is intense. More than I expected. This whole experience has been more than I expected, though.
For my first visit, I had 7-8 degrees extension and about 80 degrees flexion. I'd been working on it on my own about a week after surgery. My therapist, however, wants real progress. It's pretty damn tough.
My quad is basically non-existent. So, using the Tenz (?) machine at each visit. Building range of motion and getting my quad back is going to be a 3-month process, the therapist says. She said I could be running again at month 4. I hope I can do better than that.
I've had 2 sessions now. The 2nd session, I was able to sit on a recumbent bike and try to spin. Here's the thing: I can't spin. My knee doesn't have that range of motion yet. So I took the pedals back and forth, trying to force stretching and increased ROM.
I've never done PT before. I've never had this extensive an injury or surgery. I want to build ROM w/o my therapist as much as possible because she's so intense!! I'll be working to push myself mutliple times/day so I can be ready for next week's appointments.
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