Spiraling Out Of The Hole

I've mentioned before about the situation with my knee. Because I didn't get full extension within 3 weeks of surgery I've been fighting a battle to get better. Basically, without full extension, the quadriceps muscle won't get all it's strength back. Quad strength helps to push out the swelling in the knee. Having swelling in the knee makes it more difficult to get your leg straightened. It is a cycle that is difficult to get out of once you're in it. Not being sent to physical therapy right after surgery is what really put me in this hole.

Finally... I may be digging myself out. My extension is now full. It doesn't go easily, but it gets there and it is getting better. 3 sessions of week in the chair for the past month or so has really made a difference. Swelling is going down in the knee as well, but still very slowly. This will be helped as I continue to bend my knee. Aaron has been pushing on it every night again. I had to take a break after that awful cortisol shot but now that we're working on it again, I've noticed that it is bending a lot easier. It doesn't hurt as much and it takes less work to get it bent to an angle that used to make me cry before. As of Sunday, we hit 2.5 inches from my butt. Soon... it will go all the way. I can feel that we are really working the scar tissue loose because the knee is extremely irritated. I keep hoping for the scar tissue to just tear apart and to get a good pop out of it. It really wants to, I can tell.

I'm estimated that it will be another month to get full motion back in my knee... that is, if I keep working it everyday and don't have any other major setbacks.