Laurierocs
junior member
Hi,
My OS wants to do a manipulation on me. I am 51 and my ROM has gone backwards from 115 after 6 weeks of PT to 108, which is what it is now at 13weeks and still going to PT 2x a week. He said because of my age, I will want more ROM. I wanted to wait until June when school is out(I work in a school) but he wants to do it immediately and said the longer I wait, the less success the manipulation will have.
My ?'s are these:
1) What kind of recovery are we looking at? It took me 8 weeks to get back to work after the TKR. I work in the school lunchroom, hard physical labor for about 5 hours a day.
2) What's to say my ROM could end up worse than what it is now at 108?
3) He said if I got onto a "Leg press" machine, I could manipulate it myself. What are the chances of that happening realistically? I mean, if the PT couldn't help me with more ROM, how could I do it on this machine?
4) If I have this manipulation...do you think I should change PT's? Maybe mine wasn't aggressive enough?
THanks! I would really enjoy any feedback.
Laurie
My OS wants to do a manipulation on me. I am 51 and my ROM has gone backwards from 115 after 6 weeks of PT to 108, which is what it is now at 13weeks and still going to PT 2x a week. He said because of my age, I will want more ROM. I wanted to wait until June when school is out(I work in a school) but he wants to do it immediately and said the longer I wait, the less success the manipulation will have.
My ?'s are these:
1) What kind of recovery are we looking at? It took me 8 weeks to get back to work after the TKR. I work in the school lunchroom, hard physical labor for about 5 hours a day.
2) What's to say my ROM could end up worse than what it is now at 108?
3) He said if I got onto a "Leg press" machine, I could manipulate it myself. What are the chances of that happening realistically? I mean, if the PT couldn't help me with more ROM, how could I do it on this machine?
4) If I have this manipulation...do you think I should change PT's? Maybe mine wasn't aggressive enough?
THanks! I would really enjoy any feedback.
Laurie