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Re: 3 weeks Post-Opt
Posted By: JamesOR
Date: Thursday, 3 April 2008, at 2:45 p.m.
In Response To: 3 weeks Post-Opt (Eric G)
A meniscus repair might require 4-6 weeks on crutches, but if it was trimmed/cleaned up you should be off the crutches by now. The sooner you start using the knee the better. I ditched the crutches within a week. Do the wall slides like Christine said and make sure you're getting full extension (back of knee touches ground when extended). Ice after exercises to reduce any more scar tissue development.
Best of luck!
> Hello everyone. Bob great website!! My motto is: nothing is
> forever, but geez it sure feels like it. Well I'm 3 weeks
> post operation, ACL bone-patellar and maniscus clean-up on
> left knee. I can straighten my leg pretty good but can't
> bend it very well. I started rehabing it 5 days after
> surgery. I have found that no matter how well I stretch or
> am able to bend my leg the next morning it is rather stiff.
> Any recommendations or this par for course? Also my doctor
> told me I should have ditched the crutches two weeks after
> surgery but I am still using them (1 week so far) and can't
> but the pressure on the leg that I would need to operate.
> My physical therapist says with a patellar graft with
> maniscus tear on average it's 4-6 weeks post-opt before
> people start walking without crutches, what is everyone
> else experience?
> Eric
> Hanging in there is the name of the game.
Messages In This Thread
- 3 weeks Post-Opt (views: 220) -- Eric G -- Wednesday, 2 April 2008, at 12:31 p.m.
- Re: 3 weeks Post-Opt (views: 162) -- JamesOR -- Thursday, 3 April 2008, at 2:45 p.m.
- Re: 3 weeks Post-Opt *NM* (views: 152) -- Christine Abraham -- Wednesday, 2 April 2008, at 1:18 p.m.
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