Okay, so for any reader who's perhaps been awaiting an update or two--my apologies! Been busy with work and physical therapy, and no news is good news kind of thing.
So, I finished up 6 weeks of physical therapy (in fact, I ended up doing 8 weeks as per my PT Jason's recommendation). How is the knee, you ask? The knee actually has improved dramatically in terms of range of motion, movement, and strength. Or should I say the leg has...I am able to run on the treadmill at 7 mph or 11 kph (did two minute runs with one minute interval walks; last Friday did 7 minutes non-stop...slow and steady as she goes), I have been hitting some tennis balls against the wall and that mobility has been coming along better each time (I've been out twice, and am hoping to move better each time).
Strength in the legs has been a major aspect of the physical therapy work. I'm leg pressing 300 lbs, which feels good and gives me confidence. The down side right now is that I still have a bit of a limp...haven't gotten rid of that yet, so that's a bummer.
Anyway, I've also been playing golf on the weekends, and haven't felt anything bad while swinging the club or while walking 18 holes for about 5 hours. So that's also positive.
Now, I'm AM going to get an MRI soonish, and will definitely post the result of that test for you to read. that's kind of the point of this blog, isn't it? To see if Dr. Jatin Chaudhry's treatment had a healing impact on my torn ACL.
The other thing I have discovered is that the MCL is a pretty major ligament, and while it has been healing on its own, that process is still not completed. So there's weakness in the MCL even today.
But, the good news, at least temporarily, is that I'm NOT getting surgery over the summer. I have improved so much in 3 months and a half that I want to wait it out, and see how I feel say six months since the injury happened. Which would be the end of July. I also want to see what the MRI says. My gut feeling is that there has been some healing to the ACL, but that might just be hopefulness talking.
But, in the meanwhile, I don't see why I should traumatize my body with reconstructive surgery if I am able to pretty much do what I want to do in terms of quality of life activities.
So, to recap: feeling much better, moving much better, not getting surgery over the summer, will get an MRI and post the results on the next entry.
So, I finished up 6 weeks of physical therapy (in fact, I ended up doing 8 weeks as per my PT Jason's recommendation). How is the knee, you ask? The knee actually has improved dramatically in terms of range of motion, movement, and strength. Or should I say the leg has...I am able to run on the treadmill at 7 mph or 11 kph (did two minute runs with one minute interval walks; last Friday did 7 minutes non-stop...slow and steady as she goes), I have been hitting some tennis balls against the wall and that mobility has been coming along better each time (I've been out twice, and am hoping to move better each time).
Strength in the legs has been a major aspect of the physical therapy work. I'm leg pressing 300 lbs, which feels good and gives me confidence. The down side right now is that I still have a bit of a limp...haven't gotten rid of that yet, so that's a bummer.
Anyway, I've also been playing golf on the weekends, and haven't felt anything bad while swinging the club or while walking 18 holes for about 5 hours. So that's also positive.
Now, I'm AM going to get an MRI soonish, and will definitely post the result of that test for you to read. that's kind of the point of this blog, isn't it? To see if Dr. Jatin Chaudhry's treatment had a healing impact on my torn ACL.
The other thing I have discovered is that the MCL is a pretty major ligament, and while it has been healing on its own, that process is still not completed. So there's weakness in the MCL even today.
But, the good news, at least temporarily, is that I'm NOT getting surgery over the summer. I have improved so much in 3 months and a half that I want to wait it out, and see how I feel say six months since the injury happened. Which would be the end of July. I also want to see what the MRI says. My gut feeling is that there has been some healing to the ACL, but that might just be hopefulness talking.
But, in the meanwhile, I don't see why I should traumatize my body with reconstructive surgery if I am able to pretty much do what I want to do in terms of quality of life activities.
So, to recap: feeling much better, moving much better, not getting surgery over the summer, will get an MRI and post the results on the next entry.
