Ever since I got out of bed this morning, I never looked back. As I was brushing my teeth I noticed that I was standing without any crutches and without any pain. I felt comfortable enough to put all weight on my leg and guess what? Nothing happened...and thats great!
Follow me after the jump to see how much I walked today.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Sunday, June 3, 2012
9 Days After ACL Surgery: Less painkillers, more movement
Over the last 2 days have slowly started to see more progress. The following 3 things have been affected:
1) painkillers
2) flexion
3) pressure on leg
Follow after the jump to hear about it.
Friday, June 1, 2012
7 Days After Surgery: I can bend my knee, a little more
One week later..
Haven't slept since around 6AM all day after I woke up with some discomfort in my leg. Took an advil after some breakfast and its held up until about 2PM. Last night I banged out all the exercises and feel a huge difference in my leg today in terms of movement.
I will do the workouts later as well and see how painkillers go.
Haven't slept since around 6AM all day after I woke up with some discomfort in my leg. Took an advil after some breakfast and its held up until about 2PM. Last night I banged out all the exercises and feel a huge difference in my leg today in terms of movement.
I will do the workouts later as well and see how painkillers go.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
My Post-ACL Surgery Workout Routine (Phase I)
With the help of Google, my doctors advice, and my own body, I am writing out a workout routine that I will attempt to follow, up until my next doctors appointment in 2 weeks. This routine will change as the weeks and months go by so I will either update it here, or just start a "Phase II" post.
Follow after the jump for the exercises, reps, and my main goals behind these exercises:
Follow after the jump for the exercises, reps, and my main goals behind these exercises:
6 Days After ACL Surgery: My Ugly Knee
As mentioned in my previous post, I saw the doctor today blah blah blah he took my bandages off blah blah blah and my knee is quite ugly. Below is a picture with the sock on it that I am supposed to wear over my knee to avoid getting it dirty/infected.
Follow me after the jump for a quick update and some pictures without the sock (warning: not too pretty)
Seeing the Doctor on Day 6: Questions?
Tomorrow, in a few hours, at 11AM, I will be going/arriving at my surgeons office in Queens. Seeing as this is my first of many visits to the doctor regarding my knee, I have compiled a list of questions I expect to have answers to by the end of the appointment. Follow me after the jump for Q's & A's:
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
5 Days After ACL Surgery: More Progress
(UPDATE AT 1:30AM: This is wierd, I am lying in bed her and twisted my body to the left to lean on my elbow and use the computer with my right hand. When I kind of twisted, I tried keeping my leg mostly straight, and something popped/cracked in my knee. My knees tend to crack when I pivot on them or sometimes move them while rolling over - this is the first time its happened since surgery - since a long time actually.)
Well hello there once again.
Even though I went to sleep last night around 5AM (and took my vicodin then too, as scheduled), I still did not manage to sleep too late. I was already awake at 10AM trying to figure out how to spend another whole day in the house/bed.
This morning was different though than yesterday because I woke up with a heavy leg. By that I mean that I was feeling some pain and had to readjust the pillow that my leg was elevated on. Then we filled up the ice-machine and once I had that hooked up + some vicodin at 11AM, I was feeling better. Also enjoyed a solid breakfast (something I was not in the mood for since surgery) and hung out on the couch for a little as well as the deck.
Hows my leg since? Follow for more after the jump:
Well hello there once again.
Even though I went to sleep last night around 5AM (and took my vicodin then too, as scheduled), I still did not manage to sleep too late. I was already awake at 10AM trying to figure out how to spend another whole day in the house/bed.
This morning was different though than yesterday because I woke up with a heavy leg. By that I mean that I was feeling some pain and had to readjust the pillow that my leg was elevated on. Then we filled up the ice-machine and once I had that hooked up + some vicodin at 11AM, I was feeling better. Also enjoyed a solid breakfast (something I was not in the mood for since surgery) and hung out on the couch for a little as well as the deck.
Hows my leg since? Follow for more after the jump:
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