Two Best Friends - Ice & Ibuprofen - No More Therapy!!!

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I had LTKR on July 8 (4 months ago). After 10 weeks of therapy 3 times a week, I told my therapist he was "fired". He's a great guy, helped me tremendously, helped me to get great ROM, I learned great exercises that I incorporate daily. I've stopped measuring my progress by numbers - I measure progress by what I can do that I couldnt do after July 8.

I went back to work after 10 weeks, starting back bowling in my two leagues after 15 weeks.

I will admit its not easy. Hurts like hell sometime. Its the stiffness that gets to me but I've started a routine to combat that and its been working pretty good now. Around 4:00am I take 3 Ibuprofens, 6:00am shower and dress for work, 6:30 ice the knee for about 30 minutes. The stiffness has gone away. I have an office job and I make myself walk around the building several times a day to keep the stiffness from setting in again. I even go to the gym (across the street!) and ride on the exercise bike for 15 minutes to loosen things up.

I did a 'Donald Trump' and told my therapist he was "fired". He's a really good guy, helped me to have good ROM and extension. But after seeing him for 10 weeks, 3 times a week, I couldnt take the pain he was causing me anymore. Bending my knee to the point I am screaming and crying had gotten to be too much. He forewarned me that he was going to go at me aggressively cause I told him I wanted to get back to bowling as soon as possible, but my goodness, the pain I was in everytime I went to therapy was making me depressed. Every morning on therapy day, I would start crying before I even got to the building! I felt that this has to stop.

He taught me all he knew that I needed for my recovery so I told him we were done. I havent look back, havent regretted my decision and I have been taking care of my knee. I bend it myself with less aggressiveness and its working out fine.

I think there comes a time when the therapy starts to be more of a problem than the reason you are there! I do not think I should have had so many weeks of therapy. Six weeks would have been enough but my doctor did not think I was recovering good enough so he gave me another prescription for 6 more weeks of therapy. After the last 4 weeks, I'd just had enough.

Ice and Ibuprofen works so well on me. I have not needed a vicodin in two weeks since I've been using my new two best friends on a regular basis. I put icecubes in a gallon ziplock bag, pour about 1/2 cup of rubbing alcohol in it and seal it up. After it has melted, I put it back in the freezer. When I'm ready to use it again, the ice is easy to break apart (slushy) due to the alcohol I put in it. Now it forms around my knee perfectly.

I LOVE ICE!!!!!!
 
Good for you! Keep up the great work and good luck on your bowling scores!
 
Thats great, I too have started bowling again not in two leagues but open bowling 4 games once a week. I had to quit bowling 20 years ago because of knee problems. I think it will take about a year for me to regain my form as I was at a semi pro level. the biggest problem I have is the slide to stop I still favor my knee and stand to erect. my first four games were 149,170,200 and 212 it felt good but looked terrible and felt worse the next day, not knee pain but muscles not used for a long time. Do you have any specific exercises for this slide stop motion it is the one giving me the most trouble?

Good luck and BEST WISHES!

Max
 
You got it licked there, Missy! That's the key - work out something that works for you and stick with it. Good for you!
 
Yes. My therapist gave it to me. I had my ltkr on my left leg (sliding foot). I do knee lunges many times a day. I lunge forward with my left knee and hold it for about 10 seconds, I lunge a little to the left, holding it then to the side and hold it. When I first started doing that, it hurt like hell, the therapist says when it doesnt hurt anymore, I will be ready to bowl. It took about 6-7 weeks of doing that exercise before it stopped hurting.
 
"Ya gotta have friends!" Keep up the great recup!!! :evil::wink:
 
Keep up the great work! You are doing fantastic!!!:thmb:
 
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