Activity | Data |
Exercise | Situps: 200 Shoulder Presses: 2 sets Bicep Curls: 2 sets Tricep Curls: 2 sets Quad Strengthening: 2 sets Knee Flexion: 2 sets Calf Stretches: lots (standing with my foot on a wedge and leaning forward, sitting and using a strap to stretch) Weight Transitions (forward / backward & side to side): this has transitioned into balancing on my right leg for 10 seconds, 10 times. Squats: 2 sets Lunges: 2 sets Bike: 2x10 minutes Walking in the pool: 10 minutes |
Game Ready Use | I am now just using the ice. |
Moving Around | Walking on my own, bending my knee more, more, more! |
Swelling | The swelling is going down, but still there. |
Bruising | The yellow color is gone and bruising is going down.. |
Range of motion | No measurement today |
I tore my ACL about 9 years ago and blogged about it. Now, I've done it again. This time the right knee. So, I thought it would be fun to blog again, collect more data and compare my recoveries. I hope this blog provides help to those of you out there in the same situation as me.
Nov 21, 2014 - 14 days after surgery
Physical Therapy today introduced new exercises: step ups with my right leg, balancing instead of weight transitions and hamstring stretches. My full extension had regressed a bit and working it back was really hard. It feels like a really thick rubber band that you are trying to stretch out to get around something and you think you have it stretched far enough and then it just goes back to it's original form.