First meeting with PT today, Ugh. That means I have to go down two flights of stairs.
Is the PT coming to your house? If so, have the PT come up to you. Remember, you are the employer here. You call the shots. They work for you. If it’s not absolutely necessary, doing 2 flights of stairs is not in your best interest.
And if it’s out patient and you have to go there, I would consider canceling. You’ll be fine without a PT session for a while, and even totally, if you are so inclined. (I will not be going to PT next time. Been there, done that.
In these early days all our knees swell more for a while, you’re moving around a bit more than when you were in the hospital.
Reread some of the guidelines. “If it hurts, don’t do it.”
Exercises can wait. You only need to move your knee gently to give it mobility.
It’s not exercising that gets our range of motion back, it’s Time:
Time to recover.
Time for pain and swelling to settle.
Time to heal.
Our range of motion is right there all
along just waiting for that to happen so it can show itself.
In the general run of things, it doesn't need to be fought for, worked hard for or worried about. It will happen. Exercise as in strength training is counter-productive and in the early weeks does more harm than good. Normal activity is the key to success.