gatiger
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Josephine, I guess maybe I mis-spoke when I asked Doug about something 'breaking loose'. I was, more accurately asking if maybe an adhesion had popped free. Sorry for the language problem.
TKR,
My doc was(is) fantastic. I taught him how to lift weights when he was 13. He told me to limit myself during the first three months on any leg presses. No more than 150lbs and about a 30 degree bend. I guess a quarter leg press. High reps 15-20. Lots of bike, and walk. I live in a two story house and the stairs are getting easier. But I warned my wife and son not to be in front of me when I first wake up. Bombs Away!!!!
TKR,
My doc was(is) fantastic. I taught him how to lift weights when he was 13. He told me to limit myself during the first three months on any leg presses. No more than 150lbs and about a 30 degree bend. I guess a quarter leg press. High reps 15-20. Lots of bike, and walk. I live in a two story house and the stairs are getting easier. But I warned my wife and son not to be in front of me when I first wake up. Bombs Away!!!!
Gatiger, after my knee #1 replacement, there was a point when I hit a plateau with flexion and thought I'd be stuck there for life. But then one week, from the beginning of the week to the end of the week, I suddenly made progress of a few more degrees, and then kept going some more after that. My memory is that it was between two - three months out. So don't assume you won't progress in 6 days - - it can happen!
If memory serves (and after major surgery it doesn't always) it seemed to be in part because I was finally able to get some more of the swelling down. That would have been due to my NSAID, ice and/or elevating the leg some. (I think it's that your knee should be higher than your heart -- at least that seems to be working after knee #2, one week post-op.)
You're doing good work, so I'd lay money on your improvement. All the best!