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I have another question, when I am resting in the bed finally and my leg is propped up I can feel everything in my knee, is this normal or not. I am not feeling pain because of the Norco but it is quite uncomfortable and I have to shift to get a better position.
Hello guys,I´m glad i have found this group. It´s really hard to get quality information about this PTR injury. Mostly protocols and they seem to have some variations to one another. But it´s a totally different perspective when someone is actually going through which this group provided for me. So... I´m from Brazil, 27 years old, and had my PTR on the May 2nd while i was playing basketball. Running down the court in a fast break, when going for the lay up, my knee just snapped. It was my third day of my vacation, i was visitng some friends in the US. Had surgery 2 weeks later. My tendon splitted in half and doctor gave me a really hard time explaining how hard that is to happen. I was a very active person and had been doing mostly crossfit, oly and some biking. despite my love for crossfit, i strongly belive that it was the cause for the degenration of the tissue. Not saying that everybody that pratices it will suffer this nasty injury. The OS din´t allow PT just yet, i´m 5 weeks post op and have 90º of ROM which is the furthest he allowed me. Can do leg raises and can support my leg wihout braces which i only use when going out. I have a question, will i ever be able to do full snatch and cleans and even if i can do, would it be ok for the tendon? Anyways thank. I´ve read almost every post and it really helped me while i was lying on the bad with that lame question. will i ever comeback? dont know how this"comeback" will be, but it doesnt matter. i´m happy with the progress i´ve reading.Mario Goulart
@bryce73,thank you so much for those words and the websites I am about to check them out now, since I have nothing but time on my hands. Its been rough but I am coming to grips with my injury and surgery and rehab. I guess right now I don't see an end in sight or its just to far away. I get reminded of that every time I have to use the bathroom and it takes me 20 minutes to get there. ( but I am in week 2 of post op.) Please keep us informed on how your rehab is going.I have another question, when I am resting in the bed finally and my leg is propped up I can feel everything in my knee, is this normal or not. I am not feeling pain because of the Norco but it is quite uncomfortable and I have to shift to get a better position.
SellaVee here, celebrating my 2 year anniversary this week. Boy did time move slowly when I first ruptured my tendon, but now it's flying by.I would agree with everyone who says that your physiotherapist is key. Living in the UK I had an NHS physiotherapist but I also went twice a week to an excellent private physio. I used an old skateboard to practice heel slides and bought a floor pedaller. In addition I followed one of the rehab protocols that someone posted on here - I think it came from Massachusetts. Patients in the US seem to rehab faster and I found the NHS frustratingly slow. So assiduous was I in my exercising that I broke the wire that was holding my knee together. I had to push to have it removed but that happened at the end of January this year and involved more open knee surgery. It was a piece of cake compared to the original operation.Despite the second surgery I flew to Asia for a month in March and coped with the long flights.One point I'd like to make is don't get hung up on measuring your ROM. Work on strengthening your legs and the ROM will come back. I only ever had my ROM measured once and that was simply because I asked! The result disappointed me so I didn't ask again. I can now touch my heel to my derrière - what more could a girl want.You have to keep up the good work. The second surgery set me back a little bit because I took some time off from exercising due to the wound.To see me walking on level ground you'd never know I'd had a problem. I'm not as quick as my son but he's in his twenties and I'm about to retire. Going upstairs is a breeze, downstairs requires concentration. I've hugely improved on downward slopes. I can jog on the spot but when I lengthen my stride I look ungainly. This doesn't bother my little grandson when I chase him round the sofa.I can dance when no one's watching! I'm in a good place and I owe a lot to my friends on this board.
Bryce, what I meant was I can feel my knee shifting when I move my leg around in the bed trying to get comfortable.
updateWell went to the doctor for my 3 week checkup and I got my staples taken out. I start rehab next wednesday, with the goal of 30 degree reflexion to be achieved. Let me ask a question how is this that first day of rehab, will my knee be incredibly sore afterwards? I can see the end, I can see me walking without this hideous, uncomfortable brace, and no crutches.