Fourth Day of Physical Therapy

Last session today before my 2 week post op appointment with my surgeon. Really good session as was able to do full revolutions on the bike and also hit my target of 110 degrees ROM 2 days early.

Worked a lot on the swelling above my knee today and by the time I walked out of there is was almost completely gone! Something that really helped was the electric stim on my knee, we changed the order of the program so that some of the swelling would be worked out by the pulsing quad.

Physio said the progress so far was excellent and will update the surgeon ahead of my appointment! Feels good to be making progress. Target for the next 2 weeks is to get me off crutches he says. That's what I like to hear!

Knee felt so good I walked home with the brace unlocked to 40 degrees ROM. Still on crutches but felt really good. Ran into a friend on the way home and found out he's had his ACL done as well (Hamstring Autograft, 5 years ago) and hasn't had any issues with it. Count of friends with ACL operations I didn't know about is now 5.

Electric Stim picture as promised, knee looking good and much less swelling

Third Day of Physical Therapy

New exercise thrown into the mix today, dragging back a large beach ball with my heel is helping me straighten my leg as well as activate the hamstring.

90 degree ROM today which is great! Slightly ahead of schedule. Now have to hit 110 degrees ROM before my 2 week post op visit to the surgeon.

Straightening the leg fully is still difficult, I seem to have swelling right above the knee which is stopping my from achieving full extension. Got a new exercise to do where I lie face down on the bed with legs hanging off just above the knee. Hold for 1 minute and then 15 hamstring curls, repeat. Let's see how it works.

Walked home from physio today, I'd say it was about a mile...