Wow, had my 1st day of out patient therapy Monday. Did pretty well, but the bicycle was brutal, he had the seat up really high an quite frankly not near wide enough to accept my large rear end.
The Therapist told me that keeping my heels on the petals would cause less problems than having the ball of my foot, I was able to get around although my knee was really tight, somewhere along the line my foot slipped forward an the ball of my foot was on the petal as I can around, when I got to the top of the petal action i let out a yelp, it really hurt for a moment but I got my heel back in place an it was OK from there.
It was easier to petal backwards than forward. I did 15 minutes on the bike an it was the last exercise, after that u get back on the table an they ice you for 15 minutes.It felt soo good.
I was really sore this morning and my non operated thigh was more sore than my operated knee, guess that shows just how far out of shape I am.
I was given a series of stretching exercises to do 2 or 3 times a day.
He told me that if I could ride a stationary bike 2 or 3 times a day for 15 minutes at a time. Is that consistant with what others of you are doing?
It was really tough to do the stretching exercises this morning as I was just really sore. I do have some friends that r going to loan me a stationary bike so that should help save some time, not having to get n the car an drive to the gym, and I will be closer to the ice when it is over.
Please let me know what some of you are doing at the start of you out patient therapy
Thanks
Chanman