Hi everyone,
I really think I might need your input here. I'm 11 weeks out, and I am really fighting what I think might be an excessive amount of swelling and stiffness. I'm not sure if it is normal, but when I take my daily walk, which is only about 1 mile, or do anything that seems to be fairly normal, I feel it getting stiff and swollen. It might just be something that will go away in time, but I wanted to check with you to see.
I'm not doing outpatient PT anymore, and I try to work it on my own, but I'm not feeling very successful, and I'm getting frustrated! I try to ride my recumbant bike to loosen it up, and this might work for a little while, but then it goes right back to being stiff and swollen. My ROM has gone down. I was at 120, and I think I'm at about 110 now, and no matter how hard I try, it just doesn't seem to want to move! I've also lost extension, I ws ast 0, now I'm at 3, and no matter what I do, I can't sem to get it straighter!
I try to blame it on the fact that I have 3 young children, and I am constantly on the go, but maybe this isn't normal. I have problems getting out of the car because I feel it getting stiff.
I find myself wanting to take pain meds, and I'm not sure if I should be over them by now, or what. I take 800 mg of ibuprofen at a time, and I might do this 2-3 times a day in lue of pain meds. I have real problems with it at night.
I'm sorry, my post is getting a little lengthy, but I am really worried about my progress.
How does it sound to you?
Thanks for your help,
Hess
I really think I might need your input here. I'm 11 weeks out, and I am really fighting what I think might be an excessive amount of swelling and stiffness. I'm not sure if it is normal, but when I take my daily walk, which is only about 1 mile, or do anything that seems to be fairly normal, I feel it getting stiff and swollen. It might just be something that will go away in time, but I wanted to check with you to see.
I'm not doing outpatient PT anymore, and I try to work it on my own, but I'm not feeling very successful, and I'm getting frustrated! I try to ride my recumbant bike to loosen it up, and this might work for a little while, but then it goes right back to being stiff and swollen. My ROM has gone down. I was at 120, and I think I'm at about 110 now, and no matter how hard I try, it just doesn't seem to want to move! I've also lost extension, I ws ast 0, now I'm at 3, and no matter what I do, I can't sem to get it straighter!
I try to blame it on the fact that I have 3 young children, and I am constantly on the go, but maybe this isn't normal. I have problems getting out of the car because I feel it getting stiff.
I find myself wanting to take pain meds, and I'm not sure if I should be over them by now, or what. I take 800 mg of ibuprofen at a time, and I might do this 2-3 times a day in lue of pain meds. I have real problems with it at night.
I'm sorry, my post is getting a little lengthy, but I am really worried about my progress.
How does it sound to you?
Thanks for your help,
Hess