This is so true! Thank you
@Fit4Family- its so true, it takes concentration,, tons of it. Your brain has to reconnect with your weakened and possibly some of the overdeveloped (wrong ones) muscles to get the real gait back.
I still have to remind myself occasionally, especially when I am tired. I stayed on my cane up through 8 weeks and still used it intermittently when needed for longer.
I wonder if working a bit on your core would help? Like little isometric movements?
I still sit in a chair with good posture and suck in my stomach and hold for 10 seconds and relax, and repeat for 10-15 times to reactivate my core and lower back muscles.
This seems to help me remember the core muscles when walking and keeps me from that crouching type walk that was my way of walking before surgery.
Gosh, when I think about how long you suffered in such pain, of course your body's muscles are confused. Your brain and body adapted to keep you mobile and now it's having trouble letting you return to your normal state of things, but it does return..
in regards to your knee pain, hopefully it's still reeling from your surgeries and affected gait changes, my right knee complained and puffed up on and off for at least 3 full months before it calmed down. Now my left knee hurts me occasionally when ascending stairs! I have that same worry and I quietly freak out.. Then I remember that my body is continuing to make changes and adapting.
What a journey and we are all on it together!
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Congratulations and continued happy healing to you.