The week flew by so quickly that I didn't take time to record my knee progress.
I am now biking on an upright bike and using the elliptical. I am doing more challenging exercises such as squats and leg rises with weight.
My knee range is 121 so I have gained 3 degrees in four days. My other knee is 140 when I bring it real close to my chest. If I follow the same progression, I need about three weeks to reach 140 degrees. I suspect it will be more difficult to regain the last degrees than it has been to get where I am now and it is a tough reality check. Yet, three weeks is nothing compared to three months so it is somehow uplifting.
My extension is still not complete but better.
I left physical therapy yesterday with a progress report for my appointment with the surgeon on Monday. My PT is telling the surgeon that I would benefit from six more weeks of therapy.
It will bring me closer to my yearly summer departure for Maine. By then, I hope to have regained much more flexibility in my knee so I can go ahead with my own therapy.
Maine is flat and there is a walk/bike path that is conveniently located from our house. I have a bike there and I envision myself biking along the Kennebec River, feeling the wind and the sun on my skin.
I miss my knee and although I know progress is there, I am getting a little frustrated. I am doing everything I am told to do and spend so much time doing my exercises that I worry. Is everything normal?
But then I remember that patience is key and I should only compare my knee to what it was the day before.
I would then see progress and only progress.
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