Injury rehab

I'm currently recovering from post-tibial tendinitis. Had my second session of physio this morning. I'm hoping to be able to run again soon! Maybe next week according to my PT.

I have a shoulder that's been bothering me. Just had an ultrasound today to check for anything bad inside but I suspect there isn't. Been doing physio. I'm getting tired of babying it.

Currently in PT for a knee refresher. This is round... 5? 2 rounds before I blew out my ACL and tore my meniscus, one very lengthy round following surgery, and 2 rounds since. Not counting my bouts in PT for other ailments! (If you have kids, maybe think twice about letting them be cheerleaders...)
Mainly back this time because my knee got out of whack again and affected my opposite hip/SI, which has been a drag and a half to deal with! Luckily on the tail end of this stint and looking to discharge soon!
What was your knee surgery?

I am currently about 14 weeks out from an ACL reconstruction. About 2 weeks ago, I was cleared for straight line/flat terrain running. That's harder to do than it sounds though bc all the places I like to run are curvy and a little hilly. I also recently started back with spin class and yoga and it really feels good to get to do those again. I have a strength test coming up in a few weeks that will allow for a lot more activity if I pass and then a few more weeks of PT. I'm currently at the stage of trying to even out the quad and hamstring strength compared with the other leg and working on getting the knee to move smoothly again as it still feels a little unstable going down stairs.
Good luck with your knee recovery.

Good luck to all of you!

AliNouveau wrote: »

snowflake954 wrote: »

AliNouveau wrote: »

I have a shoulder that's been bothering me. Just had an ultrasound today to check for anything bad inside but I suspect there isn't. Been doing physio. I'm getting tired of babying it.

Good luck. I got frozen shoulder 2 yrs ago and it's slowly getting better. I'm 63 though, and have been PTing it all this time. It takes a long time.

I was told I've an impingment
I admit I have probably had it a year. Shoulders are a pain in the butt. Well not literally it had been a pain in my ribs haha

Look at "Ask Dr. Jo" on Youtube. She has great range of motion exercises for shoulders and just about everything else. She is easy to follow and uses regular things that you have around the house for weights and stretches. I've had great luck with her.

Would love to follow along.
I am 2.5 years post open fracture of right ankle (broke right in half/have 2 pins). Off my feet for 4 months, out of the gym for 6 months, struggled with depression and gained 50-60lbs. All of that non-movement, weight gain, and walking funny ended up causing another problem...chronic low back pain...which prevented me from getting back to my normal workouts. And now I have an impingement in my right shoulder, and some tendon pain in my left wrist. (sigh...Go big or go home??)
I am working with a new set of coaches who are helping me rehab, though. But at 44 years old (and a lot of inflammation going on in my body), progress is SO MUCH SLOWER than before. (5 years ago I was at 180 and lost 60 pounds in 8 months...sadly my body is not responding like that anymore). My biggest issue right now is actually going to be cleaning up my diet and trying to decrease the inflammation in my body. I have a new goal, though...just booked our next family cruise (12/28/2019)...so I'd really love to be in better health by then so that I can really enjoy it all!
Hope everyone heals fully (albeit slowly)!!

davecoopey wrote: »

kiela64 wrote: »

We are still in process trying to figure out what’s wrong with my knee. Pain started 2013 & my dad took me to a chiropractor who put electrodes on it that did nothing, in 2015 it dislocated & I did physio for several months to get back my range of motion, the pain came back and I injured my calf as well and I’ve been in physio since the end of April. I also got orthotics that may be helpful. My physiotherapist thinks my knee ultrasound and cyclical experience is indicative of an autoimmune issue but we need to wait for the doctors opinions.

Good luck with your surgery recovery ❤️

Thanks! Sounds like you need an MRI as well. It’s amazing what they’ll find when they read it. That’s probably the most direct line to finding out what’s wrong. Best of luck to ya!

I had a recent ultrasound, and an MRI actually way back when it dislocated. But it's a little delayed currently because I got a concussion eugh. So that kinda takes priority. If I could just stop getting injured? that would be awesome. Lol.

Major knee injury rehab for me was push, push, push through pain until the medics insisted on total bed rest.
Which destroyed my remaining muscle mass.
Then finally managed to get an accurate diagnosis for one injury (ruptured and irreparable PCL) and agreement for surgery during which they found the second major injury (90% of meniscus detached and had to be removed).
Made a complete PITA of myself until the hospital agreed to discharge me days early on understanding I would be "sensible" - erm.....
Went straight into aggressive rehab and ripped out all my sutures in the rehab gym.

Don't do what I did!!!

But there is a learning element of what is soreness, what is pain, what is good soreness and bad soreness - even to a smaller degree what is good pain and bad pain. Nudging your limits rather than throwing yourself at them.

My experience of Orthopaedic Specialists was really poor until I finally found a good one who was expert in my particular injury (as I sacked one surgeon I asked him who he would go to if he had my injuries...). He also understood my psyche and gave me advice to help me reach my potential while avoiding further injury unlike the previous ones who simply told me what I couldn't do.

In contrast the Physios and Sports Physios in particular were excellent.