Tales from the PT
As my physical therapist sees me getting stronger and stronger, my exercises seem to be getting more and more ridiculous, mostly in the name of ‘balance’. I have thrown a ball repeatedly against a bouncing backstop while standing on one leg an a tippy board. I have done squats on the Total Gym standing on a circular piece of inflated rubber. I did Tai Chi like toe pointing while standing on my repaired leg. And I have laid on my back rolling my hamstrings on a giant inflatable ball. But this week takes the cake for oddity (although I actually liked this one). I got to ‘jump’ while doing leg presses (with 50 lbs). It felt like I was in the water and jumping. But it was still fun to leave the ‘ground’ and I had to control myself to not go too ‘high’.
While my recovery may not be ‘picture perfect’ like some other people I could name, I am recovering and that is what’s important. I appear to be regaining some feeling in my nerve-damaged shin which gives me hope for a close-to-complete nerve recovery (although it may take forever). I went for a walk down to the pond today which is a steep downhill, and steep up with no problem; it felt great. I do still have pain in my meniscus area sometimes although it doesn’t make much sense because it was shaved and should have no flappy painful cartilage. Regardless, it feels great to feel mended and takes a lot of self-control to not overdo it (especially since my quad is still weak and may take a year to match my other quad). I have to make sure to ask the doc when I see him for the (final?) time in two weeks when I can go back to activities. I worry that I will not be able to play sand volleyball this summer but better to not play than another surgery.
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