Post-Op Trochleoplasty
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Congratulations on losing the crutches at home and on getting to 100 degrees!
Slow and steady wins this race, I'm sure things will continue to improve..... best wishes!
Slow and steady wins this race, I'm sure things will continue to improve..... best wishes!
Nope, no one mentioned it!
Most of the newer OSs don't order CPMs. Most don't believe they help and are an unnecessary extra expense.
Been a while since I posted last month. I've had a couple of hydrotherapy sessions now, which have really helped.
ROM has increased to around 108°. I saw the consultant this week and he said my ROM will probs max out at 130° - which is consistent with journals/studies I've read in regards to this surgery - so another 22° or so to gain!
My passive extension gets to 0° but actively it's around 5°. I've been told to continue to work on this by doing a couple of excercises.
My biggest area of work is my quad muscles. They are still significantly wasted (which makes my knee look slightly big but not much swelling) although, it is an improvement of what it was a couple of months ago. But I'm sure with quad excercises this will hopefully come along and grow.
I'm still having weekly physio excercises to keep building my quads and work on flexion/extension but consultant said he doesn't need to see me till another 6 months (to check up on progress and potentially discuss my other knee) unless the physio thinks I need to be seen before then.
Walking wise, I don't use crutches anymore (unless I'm in a public area, I use one crutch to give myself some space). I'm starting to get more of a normal gait whilst walking but not fully there yet as there's still a bit of heaviness and tightness in the knee. Hopefully a couple more weeks of walking and practicing more often, it'll get there.
Things are improving and I keep reminding myself it's almost 4 months into a 12 month recovery, so plenty to work with!
ROM has increased to around 108°. I saw the consultant this week and he said my ROM will probs max out at 130° - which is consistent with journals/studies I've read in regards to this surgery - so another 22° or so to gain!
My passive extension gets to 0° but actively it's around 5°. I've been told to continue to work on this by doing a couple of excercises.
My biggest area of work is my quad muscles. They are still significantly wasted (which makes my knee look slightly big but not much swelling) although, it is an improvement of what it was a couple of months ago. But I'm sure with quad excercises this will hopefully come along and grow.
I'm still having weekly physio excercises to keep building my quads and work on flexion/extension but consultant said he doesn't need to see me till another 6 months (to check up on progress and potentially discuss my other knee) unless the physio thinks I need to be seen before then.
Walking wise, I don't use crutches anymore (unless I'm in a public area, I use one crutch to give myself some space). I'm starting to get more of a normal gait whilst walking but not fully there yet as there's still a bit of heaviness and tightness in the knee. Hopefully a couple more weeks of walking and practicing more often, it'll get there.
Things are improving and I keep reminding myself it's almost 4 months into a 12 month recovery, so plenty to work with!
