May 25th.......pain.

Trying to regain a few degrees of hypertension is painful. I also seem to have sudden pain when I stand up after sitting for a period of time, either driving or at my desk. The PT says it most likely is the patellar, but not sure. I missed PT all last week and my workouts sure suffered. My leg was shaky during the leg lifts with weights and felt like I took a backwards turn on my progress. I hope it goes better Thursday.

9 Week report

It feels like the same story now week after week. I keep going to the PT 2 times a week, though they did add a few new things to my list of "to do" items, but the leg lifts (front-side-back) are sure getting to be a pain with leg weights. My extension is still -1 degree and bent is now 148. I have to start working on my leg to get it to -4 in the next 3 weeks. I need to also ice more to get the swelling down. If I can do that it should feel better...

More swelling..

Tuesday I asked my PT if we were going to do steps as per the schedule. After PT that day my knee was a bit more sore then usual and the next couple days the knee was swelling more then it had been. Thursday my PT was scaled back a bit to see if we can get the swelling back down, and she was asking me to ice more often then I have been. Usually I just ice at night, but I'll try to do it more if I can but it is tough with my schedule.