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Re: day 22 for 12 yo daughter

Posted By: drmark
Date: Tuesday, 29 April 2008, at 9:58 p.m.

In Response To: day 22 for 12 yo daughter (m23js33p)

> So far so good. Have been back to the dr. twice for
> check-ups & they are very pleased, which means we are
> very pleased. By day 17 extension is great on both knees
> & flexion is 134 degrees on the acl knee. She actually
> had swelling on her acl from having to walk at school a lot
> the previous day.

> Actually it's quite simple, if you have some swelling
> back-off the flexion some, ice & aleve more &
> things will be better in a day or so. The Dr. & staff
> were very happy and surprised she could get to 134 degrees
> while having a little bit of swelling. She's also doing leg
> presses & leg extension exercises on her graft knee
> & that is going well also(Once a day 5-7X a week). Plus
> she's doing wall slides, heel slides, heel props, leg
> lifts(sort of) & step downs for her graft leg. She does
> all of those 4x a day 7 days a week.

> So far so good.

I would not have expected less.

Will someone tell me again why allografts are done? Is it that they regularly have recoveries that go faster than the above?

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