http://geekhabitat.com/210/day-23-we-went-flying/ Where geeks may dwell Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:53:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://geekhabitat.com/210/day-23-we-went-flying/#comment-380 Corine Mon, 28 Feb 2005 11:46:43 +0000 http://geekhabitat.com/210/day-23-we-went-flying/#comment-380 Hi Shannon, A message from a cold and freezing Holland. I am following your diary! So nice to read! I am now 7 days postop after ACL reconstruction (hamstringmethod). I notice that my rehabilitation protocol differs very much from yours. I am doing exercises at home and I will start PT sessions tomorrow. I will meet my surgeon again (for the first (!) time after surgery) on the 7th of April. I am not allowed to put any pressure on my right leg for the first three weeks. Than from week 3 to week 6 I am allowed to increase the weight slowly up to 100%. I have to wear my CTI brace day and night for the first 5 weeks, after that only during the day. The excercises we both have to do are more or less the same. My surgeon told me that the weakest point of the new ACL will be around 6 weeks, that is why he is quite conservative in his protocol. So I sit a lot on top of my bed; do a lot of internetting, writing mails, reading, and ofcourse I do several sessions of my excercises a day.We have a guestroom with bathroom on the groundfloor, and I arranged it as 'my' room for the next couple of weeks. I am surrounded by flowers, books, the computer, tv....so not too bad! Best regards, (and sorry for my English mistakes) Corine Hi Shannon,
A message from a cold and freezing Holland.
I am following your diary! So nice to read! I am now 7 days postop after ACL reconstruction (hamstringmethod).
I notice that my rehabilitation protocol differs very much from yours.
I am doing exercises at home and I will start PT sessions tomorrow. I will meet my surgeon again (for the first (!) time after surgery) on the 7th of April.
I am not allowed to put any pressure on my right leg for the first three weeks. Than from week 3 to week 6 I am allowed to increase the weight slowly up to 100%. I have to wear my CTI brace day and night for the first 5 weeks, after that only during the day.
The excercises we both have to do are more or less the same. My surgeon told me that the weakest point of the new ACL will be around 6 weeks, that is why he is quite conservative in his protocol.
So I sit a lot on top of my bed; do a lot of internetting, writing mails, reading, and ofcourse I do several sessions of my excercises a day.We have a guestroom with bathroom on the groundfloor, and I arranged it as ‘my’ room for the next couple of weeks. I am surrounded by flowers, books, the computer, tv….so not too bad!
Best regards, (and sorry for my English mistakes)
Corine

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