Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Six Weeks 21 September 2009

I saw the physio on Tuesday last week and he told me I was ready to start biking 40 min / day and running for short periods as well. The only problem is I have been too busy with work to go for a ride until Saturday. When I finally did go for a ride it went well, at least until I was riding up a steep skinny laneway that had block-outs at the end, the ones were you have to make two very sharp turns to get through on a bike. I was in too high of a gear and didn’t have enough momentum to get up the hill and started to fall. I put my left foot down hopping along and then decided I didn’t want to put that kind of pressure on my knee so I just let myself fall over. The only problem was that I landed right on my phone which was in my back pocket. I dented the phone and had a huge bruise on my ass for the next few days. The phone didn’t break though!

Otherwise, the leg feels great! It is starting to really feel normal, now I just need to build my thigh muscles back up again so I can regain my confidence.

Monday, September 14, 2009

Five Weeks 14 September 2009

The last week has really done wonders for the knee. I am now able to bend my knee to a full 180 degrees. I am also able to lift my heel off the floor about 1 inch when locking my knee to the floor while sitting on the ground.

The knee doesn’t hurt much and I am able to go down stairs normally. I can even skip stairs now like I always used to do before the injury. I feel like I am ready to get back into training for sport again.

Monday, September 7, 2009

Four Weeks 7 Sep 2009

At this stage my knee is noticeably less swollen. Over the last week I wasn’t wearing the tubi-grip and I spent a lot of time at my desk and on my feet during work. I noticed at the end of those days that my leg was retaining fluid below the knee so where my sock was there was a noticeable dip. Therefore, over the last few days I started wearing the tubigrip again and that went away.

My knee is feeling much more normal at this stage even though I can’t fully lock it yet. I am able to bend to 175 degrees, only 5 more degrees to go for a full bend! It no longer feels odd to lift my foot up backwards while standing so in the unfortunate event of stepping in dog poo I shouldn’t have any trouble checking my shoe... I started climbing stairs to my apartment during the week and that doesn’t seem to cause any pain.

Over the last week I noticed pulling in my knee when I had my knee fully locked (at least as far as I can go at this stage) and then I tried to bend it. Almost like the ACL was getting stretched. It wouldn’t happen if I didn’t fully extend my leg and it didn’t happen every time I did. However, over the last few days that feeling has happened less and less.

The physio wants me to continue with my exercises for another week before I get into the biking.

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Three Weeks 31 Aug 2009

At three weeks my knee was feeling pretty good but still a little swollen. I stopped wearing the Tubigrip despite the swelling.

I can bend my knee to 170 degrees.