Hi all, I wanna share my situation after 3 months. I have been feeling much better when I am doing the physiotherapy, guided. I get the motivation and the situation is well known, no panicks and I am totally cool. What I did was after last month, when I discovered that my knee didn't extend fully, I went to IGMH (Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital) and consulted Dr. Shakeel. He said that my knee is fine and I CAN achieve full extension and flexion. I am very happy with it. Also he explained a lot about ACL reconstruction and we had a nice conversation. After that he prescribed me to do the physiotherapy.
The physiotherapist was nice. He was also confident of my knee, though he said that the thigh muscles are a little weaker than it should be after three months.So there may be a delay for me to heal completely. He said it is in my hinds. The more do the exercises, the sonner they strengthens. I try knee extension exercises and it extends fully sometimes. I was told that my knee doesn't extend fully because my Hamstrings are more stronger than the Quadriceps after the surgery. When I think, it is no wonder when I had been admitted for a whole week, after immobilising the whole leg,. Nearly all the Quadriceps strength was lost after the surgery. I do group therapy now and it is enjoyable there with many people in the same situation. I went there having about a flexion of 130 degrees and now I am near to full extension. Initially, I was not able to do the resisted exercises with sand cuffs plus cycling, but after a week I was allowed to do them. I can't wait to go there today too. :)
Status of my knee after 3 months:
- The swelling is very less
- No full extension (extension comes after doing the exercises only)
- Nearly full flexion (only a few degrees left)
- Almost no limp while walking
- Can do resisted exercises with 1.5 Kg sand cuffs
- Can cycle in the 5th range
- Sometimes little pain near the medial meniscus (mostly after exercising)
happy to hear abt this :)
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