Abro in NJ
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Thanks for the advice and encouragement. PT yesterday was ok since after talking with her we avoided a few exercises that caused the pain, leg curls and wall squats. I tried 1 or 2 this morning and that pain with those exercise were still there, so won't try them again for a few days. I just messaged the surgeons Nurse Practioner to update her. I feel disccouraged that I'm losing the good progress that I had made, but realize this is not uncommon. Ugh, will just keep icing, elevating and do some walking so it doesn't get too stiff.Excellent idea letting the PT know that the last set of exercises required several days recovery. You can back off during an exercise if you find it causes pain or too much discomfort. There were several exercises in PT that made me do the Dikembe Motumbo finger wag. If I could not do it during the PT session, I often successfully completed the set a week or 2 later. There is such a conundrum with this recovery, pushing yourself does not expedite the recovery. Different from so many other recoveries. Time, patience, and really listening to your knee (how it responds to different activities) are the things that helped me most, both times. The knee gonna do what the knee gonna do.However I have PT session #3 tomorrow, I guess I won't reschedule but to let her know what I am experiencing so she can avoid drills that would make things worse.
Edit- Nurse just messaged back to not do ANY exercises until i go to PT on next Tuesday, she said that area of pain on the outside of knee is common at this point (approx 4 weeks out) that it is probably the IT band (along outer thigh) that got tight or inflamed fro working it too hard.
I guess I'll be following her advice, lol.