Winston0915
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Lock not lick
Try this for at least a month and I'm sure you'll see much improvement in your pain and ROM!I am thinking of stopping PT, pool PT and the weekly massage for my IT Band. Maybe this is causing more pain.
@Winston0915 don't let anyone make you feel bad about the speed of your recovery! I'm exactly where you are w an 8/5 surgery and believe me, I too have said I wish I had never done this. I have a shower seat, two weeks ago I was certain I would be able to stand in the shower again in a week or two. Well I'm not yet! Three weeks ago I felt well enough to try tackling the stairs in a few days. Nope, not yet!
I too know people who recovered in a blink of an eye, but we are all different & you & I are going to take longer.
I was on crutches & relatively immobile for 7 months before my surgery. There's a setback! I have 2 very bad hips. Yep, another setback! I also do believe I'm not a good candidate for PT because it was too much on my hips causing me a great deal of hip pain making it almost impossible for me to walk even with crutches! I quit PT today.
The exercises they have us do in PT can EASILY be done at home without the "3 sets of 20" expectations, which for me is simply too much! Why pay to be in pain pushing too hard when I can rehab myself at my own pace....for free!
Don't get down on yourself! Don't let anyone else put THEIR expectations on you. You just work at your own pace like I'm going to do & together we will have success stories to share...at our own pace!!!
Keep your head up!!