The knee bends!

This is what I learned on Saturday when I went for my first physiotherapy visit. This appointment was far more useful than the post-op visit with the surgeon on Friday and I came away with new-found confidence. The physio got me properly walking toe-heel and she also had me bending my knee and hanging it over the edge of the table. It didn’t hurt! I think she thought I was worried about doing damage to my knee but I have every confidence that it will be just fine. I wasn’t confident that it wouldn’t hurt.

The physio also showed more interest when I mentioned the ankle pains and bruise that had come out. She suggested a couple of possible reasons and said we’d just keep an eye on it. I don’t think there’s anything to worry about exactly. Just would like to understand what is happening.

I was given three exercises to work on every day. The main one is about bending my knee as much as possible and I really don’t like it because it hurts. There are two others that are done less frequently and also cause less pain.

After that appointment I was out and about twice that afternoon. The first time I felt quite alright when I got home but the second time I pushed things a bit too far so that I was worn out when I got home. All the activity caught up with me and my knee got really swollen so wasn’t very good for movement. I’ve stayed off my feet most of the past two days and it’s still fairly swollen but I think it may be improving.