My Navy surgeon (Dr CMDR Ed Lambert) gave some great advice for recovery for first 6-months with basic, not aggressive physical therapy. "If you are walking and you can stand, then stand. If you are standing and you can sit, then sit. If you are sitting and you can lie down, then lie down. If you are awake and you can sleep, then sleep." "Recovery is a marathon not a sprint." Your bones need to literally "grow" into your BHR devices, so let your bones heal before you start maximum performing and stressing them with full athletic activity, this does not mean no activity of course. I often tell my friends now that I am healed with a BHR. No maintenance drugs, no pain, no restrictions on my movement or activities and I am sleeping again. WOW. Take it easy and let your body heal and be happy to walk, run, skate, hike, climb, ride, etc as your body allows you, but do it slowly at first and take some time to heal before you get back to full activity. Any hoo, take it easy and listen to your body. If you are swelling beyond initial surgery swelling, and there is subsequent swelling after the surgery swelling has gone down, then that is your body's response to new or additional trauma. I wish you a full and complete recovery.