Physical Therapy

I went to PT today and things went pretty well.

There's not a whole lot I can do now, but I was able to do what I needed to do. I did some quad sets, which my therapist was surprised I had as much strength as I did. It wasn't great, and it's defiantly atrophied from surgery, but since I usually have a hard time turning on my quad post-op it's a good sign. I also did some glute sets and TAs (lower ab contractions) to keep up my core strength. Lastly, I did some flexion to work on my range of motion (ROM). This was the first time that I bent my knee at all. It wasn't painful necessarily, but my knee is very tight since I haven't really moved it for two and a half weeks. I was able to get to 16 degrees of flexion, my restriction is at 30 degrees right now. Because of EDS I don't have to push the flexion too much because being loose is not an issue for me, even if I wanted to I don't tighten up.

It seems like I'm finally turning the corner. I'm still on my medicine every 5 hours, and at least today, I'm not able to stretch that out another hour. It's getting a little easier to move around, although I still need a lot of help and I can't really be left alone yet, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.