Body aches

I am not on blood thinners just taking Percocet as needed which I am trying to take mostly when doing pt and pt exercises at home. I am wondering if doing too much would bring on these symptoms. I really don’t like it. I am almost 7 weeks out

It is frustrating with the exercises...I remember it well!

Try not to harper after normality.

You know what they say about a watched kettle...well, something like it takes longer to boil!

You are doing fine!

This is what I wrote in my journal at 11 days post op....

"I have now just started to have what could be called exercise sessions. Up until now exercise has been attempting to do little bits of various exercises dotted across the day. I have been too tired to do them in a block of time. But now I have just one session in the morning and one in the afternoon for 20 minutes."

Up til this point I was so exhausted and found the exercises so hard that though I attempted them I was doing very little. I spent more time icing elevating and resting!

This is what I did each day, as recorded in my journal:

"I pick one exercise I find hard and focus on it. I have chosen the heel slides on the bed, as it is hard, but not too hard. This focus on exercises includes trying related types of movements. Though I am doing other exercises at other times, and I am finding little patterns emerging, (as I think I wrote earlier, as I do certain exercises in certain places), it is all rather random. What this rather laid back approach does give me is plenty of variety and creativity. I try out little bits of Yoga moves and other parts of exercises I did before the surgery. I am working on the principle that my body remembers things. It is not about me trying to do what I used to be able to do but cannot now. It is more about introducing my new knee to ways of moving that the old knee used to do. Bit like someone taking over your job. A hand over period! Whatever I try out, I do it with a lot of care and in small amounts."

This went on for a long time!

You will get there but need to accept that your body will set the pace!

Wow! Love this reply. Small nurturing loving steps toward heeling. I find the heel slides to be the most difficult & painful. Do you know why it’s painful? Also, do you believe just trying to do them even if you’re not hitting a certain  pt degree it’s dtill beneficial to do it? I am thinking it is. And I don’t have a way to measure angle so idk 

Best to throw any measurements out of your mind. Definately beneficial....simply keep moving the knee and practicing them. Heel slides are probably the most useful exercise to do in my opinion.

Cut down on the walking, range of motion is more important.

Your muscles will take time to get stronger.

Ps, if you are worried consult with your PT, i am only speaking from my own personal experience, bear in mind! ☺

Thanks very much! I really appreciate the input from your experience. It’s really important to have others who have gone through this. I think I am trying to hard and body is pushing back. I will probably ask for a blood test just to make sure I am ok. 

I need to go slower I think. 

Thanks so much! 

Thank you I have thought this might be a good idea. I will call and see if it can be done. Today I did way too much. I was trying to help a friend who needed to get out and walk after I had already done what I could. Shoulda said no but didn’t. Going almost 5 miles way too much. Thanks for input 

Wow! 😀😁😃

Thanks but it was a little too much. Plus that was like a total of my day. Got 10,000 steps which is a first since surgery