rehabilitate my knee

...but getting there.

I got my immobilizer off right before the new year and did physical theorpy in January and February at the doctors, before continuing on my own at the gym.

I’ve been trying to go to the gym 3-5 times a week for my own physical well being, as well as doing a lot of strength training about once a week.

I’ve lost about 10 of the 15 pounds I gained thanks to my knee (only exercize, not dieting – I choose to try to eat healthy as a lifestyle choice, mainly home prepared, organic, local foods and nonprocessed stuff, but I do let myself eat some “bad” stuff in moderation).

I still get up from sitting on the floor like an old lady and my knee aches after long walks or bike rides. Boo.

I hear Bikram yoga does miracles for knee recovery. It just seems most of the studios around town discourage non-expert-level yoga peeps.

The big key to getting my knees back into shape is building my quad muscles doing leg presses, working the hamstrings doing leg curls (avoiding leg extensions like the plague per the physiotherapist) and riding the stationary bike. Also losing weight wouldn’t hurt the cause. Grrrrr.

Got my “immobilizer” off on the 30th of December!

Now, it’s time to get my knee working again! I’ve been bending it as much as I can (not much) and will be starting PT soon…

I dislocated my knee at work about a week ago. A few days ago I thought I was fine so I started walking on it with my knee brace on… not a good idea. Now my knee is killing me and I’m taking my Vicodin every 4 hours. I’m back on the crutches that I should have been using. I have a doctor’s appointment on Tuesday so we’ll see. Hopefully I didn’t screw anything up…

So the time with my physio therapist is winding down. Although he thinks things are going well considering all things, I’m nervous due to feelings of instability in my knee, so I will continue with a fitness trainer at my gym whose got plenty o’ experience with folks who are in knee rehab. Well I hope I can find someone like that…

Things continue to go well with the knee rehabilitation. At least so says the physical therapist. I am loving the knee press machine and stationary bike.

I’ve been getting a lot better. Since November or so, I’ve been doing a lot of exercises for it. And I try to ice it every now and then. It has been a lot better! I’ve been able to run several miles at a time!

I went a little back this past week though, because I tried to do lunges, and I guess that wasn’t good for it. It’s been hurting quite a bit. But I iced it last night, and doing the strengthening exercises really helps.

I’ve finally gotten the go-ahead to return to the gym and extend my therapy there. It felt good to be back after several months of injuries.

Today for physical therapy, the physical therapist made me work on new ways for picking up stuff off the floor. He concluded that I keep re injuring my knee because of intensive housecleaning, so I have new exercises for picking up stuff without bending my knees or bending my back too much LOL! I look quite funny doing it, and can say when I did it at home for the first time, I got a really strange look from my dog.