Monday 6 May 2013

4 weeks post op

Well at the start of this week as i said i was placed in my hinged brace with 90 ROM, the first couple of days were defiantly the most pain-fall that i have experience so far both before and after surgery. But after that it had gradually started to loosed up.

I'm now able to bend my leg all the way to the 90 degrees with out any pain, My physio credited this with the work that i put into my legs pre surgery, So this is one of the biggest recommendations i have so far, if you are able to strengthen your leg pre surgery do it, and do as much as you can.

My physio has set me out with a number of excersise to do till i next see my surgeon these are

20 straight leg raises  20 times a day

3 sets of 10 twice a day, bent leg raises with the aid of a elastic band for resistance,

using a big excersise ball against a wall i'm doing 3 sets of 10 squats twice a day

and using a football inbetween my thighs i'm squeezing it with my thigh muscles for 30 seconds i'm doing this 10 times.

This is all with my brace still on.

I've also just started to drive again.

I'll update again next time i see my surgeon/physio

Cheers
Jamezy