Whoa, I forgot to do PT last night.\u00a0 Well, strictly speaking I did remember about it but not \u2018til I was already in bed and quite tired.\u00a0 That wasn\u2019t the first time that I didn\u2019t do PT but it was the first time that it wasn\u2019t a conscious decision not to do it.\u00a0 This AM I was feeling pretty good though and I added some more weight to the leg-lifts in the form of a heavy shoe; I also added more height to the step-downs bringing it up to 4\u201d.\u00a0 Thankfully, the discomfort I was feeling last night is gone.\u00a0 I think it was due mostly to swelling, and I think the swelling was from standing (not walking) too much yesterday.\u00a0 I\u2019ll ask during my PT appointment at 9.<\/p>\n
My PT appointment went well as usual.\u00a0 Adam introduced a new exercise he called the single-leg dead-lift.\u00a0 This exercise replaces the standing balance that I\u2019d progressed on pretty well to the point that I could do it eyes-closed for over 45 seconds.\u00a0 The single-leg dead-lift works like this: You balance on your affected leg and then bend forward extending your leg backward as counterweight.\u00a0 Ideally you keep bending forward until your fingertips touch the floor, then you return to a standing position, still balanced on the one knee.\u00a0 Work up to 10 reps. \u00a0Adam also modified my step-downs to be full height steps, but no step up.\u00a0 Basically it\u2019s walking down steps which I do on our actual steps now.\u00a0 The other things stayed the same, continue working toward 20 single legged knee bends (I\u2019m up to 6 or so out of twenty); Step ups stay the same for now.\u00a0 Continue leg raises with weight (a heavy shoe); Knee bends, Hamstring stretches, Passive extension.<\/p>\n
Also, today, I walked from my office to Chipotle for lunch.\u00a0 It\u2019s a 1.2 mile round-trip which I accomplished nearly<\/em> at normal walking speed.\u00a0 It felt a bit uncomfortable but I was able to do it with very little to no limping.\u00a0 Felt good, really, and it definitely tasted good!<\/p>\n Stay the course!<\/p>\n Physical therapy is a commitment.\u00a0 On a daily basis you have to choose it.\u00a0 You have to look ahead and decide to do it instead of whatever else you have going on.\u00a0 There will be times when it doesn\u2019t fit in.\u00a0 There will be times where it only fits in because you make extra effort to do so.\u00a0 Today was one of those days for me where I realized early enough in the day that I had to take the opportunity<\/em> right when it presented itself.<\/p>\n That said, it went well; my PT is becoming more strength-oriented and less flexibility-oriented.\u00a0 The exercise are actually leaving my muscles sore, I\u2019m starting to do the exercises with my \u2018uninvolved\u2019 leg to make sure that it really is stronger than my \u2018involved\u2019 leg.\u00a0 I really do want to come out of this raring to go for the ski season\u2026don\u2019t want to end up with an injured leg that\u2019s better than the uninjured leg!<\/p>\n It\u2019s funny that the day after a post where I state that physical therapy is a commitment<\/em>, I can\u2019t manage to do any physical therapy at all.\u00a0 That said, I predicted it\u2019d go this way, and I DID spend a significant portion of the day on my feet, going up and down stairs, hauling things.\u00a0 Heck, I even trimmed the hedge and picked up the trimmings.\u00a0 I spent about 2 hrs at the barbecue grill.\u00a0 Strangely, my leg did not swell up horribly.\u00a0 Knowing what I was getting into, I wore a Tubi-grip today for the first time in a week to help with it.\u00a0 Actually, now that I\u2019m typing that I didn\u2019t get any PT in\u2026maybe I\u2019ll actually do it.<\/p>\n Stay the course!<\/p>\n Stay the course!<\/p>\n I woke up today feeling like my knee had made another jump forward in its healing process!\u00a0 Sleeping last night was less tedious; that is, my knee tolerated more positions.\u00a0 This is a good day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Day 29 (Wednesday, May 25th) Whoa, I forgot to do PT last night.\u00a0 Well, strictly speaking I did remember about it but not \u2018til I was already in bed and quite tired.\u00a0 That wasn\u2019t the first time that I didn\u2019t do PT but it was the first time that it wasn\u2019t a conscious decision not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greg.lyonkingdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greg.lyonkingdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greg.lyonkingdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greg.lyonkingdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greg.lyonkingdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=182"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/greg.lyonkingdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":238,"href":"https:\/\/greg.lyonkingdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions\/238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greg.lyonkingdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greg.lyonkingdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greg.lyonkingdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Day 30 (Thursday, May 26th)<\/h2>\n
Day 31 (Friday, May 27th)<\/h2>\n
Day 32 (Saturday, May 28th)<\/h2>\n
Day 33 (Sunday, May 29th)<\/h2>\n
Day 34 (Monday, May 30th)<\/h2>\n
Day 35 (Tuesday, May 31st)<\/h2>\n