Okay, the actual Physical Therapist was back today, not the PT Assistant, and did he really work over this left knee/leg. He was very pleased with the progress on my leg extension and then proceeded to start working me over. First, he wants me off the single crutch by the end of the week. While I believe in my Dr's ACL reconstruction I have 19 years of breaking bad habits and subliminally protecting this leg so getting rid of the crutch is going to be a challenge mentally...
He put me on a treadmill and steadily increased the speed to a slow/normal walk all the while prodding me to look straight ahead, extend my leg and reach out with the heel first, and let go of death grip on the protection bar. Once we walked forward for 10 minutes he decided to turn me around and walk backwards on the treadmill...was that fun. After the treadmill the real fun began:
hamstring stretches, patella movement, (he even showed me how to find the quadricep tendon so that I can start breaking up the stiffness), knee presses (pressing a work out ball in to the wall with my knee), squats (again using the work out ball), calf stretches, and then he made me stand on a little pedestal on my left leg with a theraband around both legs and extend the good leg out....boy was that fun....
So, another step in the process... The real "therapy" is going to be in my head...
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