In the morning the nurse took my brace off and also changed the dressings on my leg. Short after the physio came around and told me to ice my knee non-stop and put on a compression bandage on my knee. She also gave me my exercises, quad flexing, hamstring stretch & knee bending. I tried the bending and it felt so good to do after a night of being braced! She showed me how to use the crutches and told me to put as much weight as comfortable on my leg, the more the better.
When I left the hospital I noticed that putting weight on my knee didn’t hurt at all. I could bend the knee when I walked but only about ½ or what I normally would. I was using the crutches for support but I was putting at least 75% weight on the leg. I made my way home and tried to stay on the couch.
I iced the leg most of the day but I felt pretty good. It didn’t hurt to stand up so I cooked some dinner and did some chores around the house.
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