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knee felt like a concrete block .

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melanie49919
melanie49919

Well after a very good weekend met all my goals walked a mile Sunday and Monday slowly but did it. Tuesday woke up to what I can only describe as a concrete knee. I felt I was right back to week one . However it seemed to be the scar that had gone tight so googled massage and skin care . I iced and rested for a few hours the blasted with ice water shower and then massaged and tapped the scar mobilised in the evening bends and stretches .week 5 physio very nervous but whooop 115% bend and weights increase just hot to learn to take each day as the journey . This forum is great for support thanks everyone

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    CHICO_MARX melanie49919

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    I agree with Ellen...maybe too much in two days.  When you overwork the knee it ALWAYS bites you back...ALWAYS!!!  At 5 weeks, I did 8,200+ steps one day...hot air balloon knee size that night.  I knew the steps because of my FitBit.  From that point, I backed off and charted my steps every day making sure that I increased gradually.  At 8 months, I was doing over 11,000 steps (5 miles) with no swelling...but it took EIGHT MONTHS!!!  Slow and easy.  Use a pedometer of some kind to track your steps.  Remember: your "goals" are irrelevant!!!  What you have in your mind and what the knee can tolerate are two completely different things...and the knee ALWAYS WINS!!!

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