I agree with BBCG, there is no need for a PT to hurt you, especially with the swelling you have. We are not trying to scare you about PT, though we probably have, but so many of our members have had the wrong kind of PT, including me. It wasn’t until I found Bonesmart that I learned I could say no, I thought they knew best and I had to do what they said.
Your PT should do things to help your swelling, not give you a list of exercises, or bend your knee “to help”
And, if you have a day when you’re not feeling up to going to the PT office, or to have them come to your house, if it’s home PT, it’s ok to cancel an appointment. You are so very early in recovery that this is going to be a big event. Right now it is more important to rest and just give your knee gentle movements.
Regaining our ROM is more about Time than repetitions of a list of exercises.
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.
Normal activity is the key to success.