As I mentioned in the last post, there is a tendency to think you can do more than you really can at this point.
Hanging from the eaves of one of our out buildings is a hornet’s nest. Unfortunately this is also the building that we keep our trash cans next to. I was taking out […]
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Last week I had a followup appointment with the Dr. that performed the surgery and he told me that everything is looking good. He also told me that I could go ahead and stop using the crutch as soon as I felt comfortable.
I used it off and on for the next couple of days and […]
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These week has added a rather unpleasant physical therapy activity. An important aspect of rehabilitation for an acl injury, is the recovery of your range of motion. On my first visit to physical therapy, I had a range of motion of 2 - 70. This means that my leg was two degrees short of being […]
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This week I made some more progress at physical therapy. We started doing some new exercises:
Partial Squats: Basically you stand in front of a table (or sturdy chair) with your feet shoulder-width apart, and partially bend both of your knees. Your hands support as much of your weight as needed. The important thing is to […]
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So as we near the three week mark, my wife reminded me of the fact that the doctor had suggested that I would probably be walking in 3 - 4 weeks. I’m definitely not walking yet. As I mentioned in the last post, my quadriceps are just now starting to respond, so the sooner I […]
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