physical therapy

I work in a physical therapy office. It's nothing to be worried about although I don't know what kind of knee injury you have. Like Ronny said, they will just stretch you and show you some strengthening exercises. You should log these because it's a good amount of exercise depending on what kind of office you go to. They may tell you the names but it will be a lot of quad/hamstring exercises among other things. They may also put you on a bike to warm you up that you can count as cardio.

I did PT for my back (I blew a disc) three times a week for 5 weeks in the fall. I was nervous too but it was no big deal.....my routine was when I first got there they did a funky little massage thing....they stuck these pads on my back and it felt like tiny little fingers massaging me all over with heat....sometimes it was a little too intense, but for the most part it felt good and I usually napped during this (it was about 25 minutes and I went right after work so it was a needed nap, lol). Then the tech would come in and give me an ultrasound for about 10-15 mins (not like the kind to see stuff, but the ultrasonic waves or whatever helped my back) and then the therapist would come in and do a deep tissue massage, which sometimes hurt depending on how hard he worked on me, but sometimes felt good, but the pain was never horrible.

After that I had to do exercises....they started me off slow, but once I got going I did about 10 minutes on the stationary bike, 20 minutes walked on the treadmill and some stretching exercises. I logged the bike and the treadmill because it DID get my heart rate up and it was the only exercise I could get at the time. I only burned about 90 calories per session, but it was better than nothing.

I usually had the same tech each time and going in three times a week for 5 weeks, I got to know everybody. I was so happy to be done so I could go back to having a life after work, but it was a little sad on my last day to leave everyone, lol.

I love going to physical therapy. I also had the TEMS (funky massage with electodes, it never felt worse than me sticking myself with a sewing needle) for a bulging disk, a series of stretching and strengthening exercises and yes, generally a 25 min afternoon nap during my treatment. I also had PT for a sprained ankles and again was assigned exercises to strengthen my ankle at home. I was having to do up to 2 sets of 30 reps for most of my strengthening exercises, so if I could have found them listed in the strength training, I would have logged it. I never could figure out how to do it otherwise... Though, I do have a heart rate monitor and could use that to figure out calories burned. hmmm... maybe I should do them now!