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Lowell Tuttle
David, I remember my surgeon visiting after my left knee replacement. He said after I was sewed up, but still under, they tested the knee. It was 100% both flexing and straightening. Became stiff as hell when I woke. That anasthesia wearing off made the difference.
Well, after about 4 weeks, I barely had it to 99% straightening and 90% bending. I bike ride daily about 5-7 miles and that helped with the bending.
I am still skittish about getting down on my knees (knee) as there are no nerves in the knee and it feels weird.
It was exactly six weeks to the day from the surgery until our golf tournament at the reunion at Sherrill Park and I played. It was my first golf...no problem.
Of course now, six years later my cracked vertebra is causing more problems. Pain while golfing starts in the right leg and hip after about 14 holes. One of the things I do to ease the pain before a put is completely squatt. I can get to about 95-97% in that left knee, but not all the way down. Really miss not walking the course, instead golf cart only.
Once, my right leg slipped into a hole while searching for a lost ball and my left leg completely bent to a new point of flex very radically quick. Much pain and I thought something bad happened, but it worked out ok except for muscle pain for a few days after. They say your knee won't break, but you leg bones will instead. Yikes.
They put me on that bending machine apparatus during PT to get that full bend/flex. Had to hold it 20-30 seconds.
Keep up the good PT. Do you only have to do one knee?
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