10 weeks post-op

[a sensation]

I believe my recovery is going well, I'm able to walk plenty with no issues.  I was obeying the 6 week restriction of going past 90 degrees with the joint, but now I can't seem to get it up much pass 90, as in bringing my knee to chest.  I am far from normal when getting dressed and putting on shoes.  I am not forcing it with any stretch.  Just checking where people were around ten weeks post-op.  Thanks.

[catfriend]

I still couldn't tie my shoes at ten weeks. Everybody recovers in their own way. You sound fine. Here is an excerpt from my recovery last year from about the 10-11 week mark.

"I am still sore from the surgery, particularly in the groin/abductor muscles area, and in the incision area. The muscles are also still weak. I can do plenty of straight leg raises now(40), but not the sideways ones from a lying position. Although I can walk up and down stairs like a normal person, I still need the handrail going up. I just don’t have the strength to hop up them yet. I also can’t quite reach my feet to tie up shoelaces on the surgery side, although many people can at this point. I almost can. I can touch the top of my socks, and almost my foot, but that hurts. I’m told this is all normal, and that it will resolve over time. Dr. P told me that most people finally feel like they’ve put it all behind them by about six months. This seems realistic. I’ve had injuries that were more difficult to recover from than this.
[/size][/color]I do get better every week. Every week I realize there is something more I can do that I wasn’t doing the week before, and I don’t even think about it. I’m walking for exercise again, typically about 1 1/2 â€" 2 miles at a pop, and hope to be hiking by this summer. I’m still sticking to gentle, mostly level or gently sloped trails, but you have to start somewhere. I’m up to about 40 minutes straight of crawl stroke, followed by a series of pt exercises in the pool, and then about 15 minutes of water walking. I finish with a 10 minute boil in the hot tub. My speed has increased quite a bit as well, but it’s not quite back to where it was. I never claimed to be Missy Franklin, so that’s fine. I like to increase my duration by about five minutes every one to two weeks, so shortly I’ll move up my time to 45 minutes."