Started back at the ACL class with the hospital physiotherapists yesterday. They were pleased to see me which was a nice bonus but I was really ready to get back to doing some proper exercise. So, after a good look at my knee Flo gave me a list of exercises to work on which is great and I cracked on ASAP. Things I used to do like the rower and stepups/downs but only low level. It was great to be doing them again though.
However, I was a bit dissapointed when the physio noticed my leg looking still a bit swollen. Obviously not their fault, I had been doing to much...probably too many exercises since I've been standing on one leg a lot and stuff. This was BEFORE I started doing the exercises at the gym too and it swlled up wven bigger after so I've gone back to taking it easy and elevating/icing my leg regularly which I had stopped for a few days since I didn;t think I needed to do it anymore. The physio said that lots of swelling can sag the graft which doesn't sound good at all so I'm going to take it down a notch and see if it makes a difference.
There were several others at the gym, all at various stages of recovery form the ACL op I think. I'll be at the gym every Monday and Thursday for the forseeable future which is great since I get to exercise and they get to kep an eye on me. Still worried I'll do something to the graft, especially because I'm moving around a lot better now and am off the crutches so will continue not to take any risks.
We'll see how it goes. Back to work on Thursday!
