70 weeks after Knee ACI
Today is the 70th week since my knee operation. Someone whom I’ve not met for some time was surprised that I have still not recovered fully and commented that I should perhaps change doctor and seek alternative treatment. He said others recovered from knee surgery in much shorter time. I told him that for ACI cases, it might take 2 or even 3 years to fully recover. For my case, I’m making steady progress, but it is still early, being only 1 year and 4 months since the operation. I told him that I’ve read up a lot on this subject, including alternative treatment methods. Even Tiger Wood would probably need to rest his knee for more than a year before attempting to play golf again. His final comment that having too much information is also not good left me quite puzzled…
I told the physio that when ‘cold’, the knee was sometimes quite stiff, especially after sitting for a prolonged period of time. It would take some flexing to warm up the knee. He suggested some leg stretching exercises while sitting before getting up. In addition to all the exercises at the Otho Gym, I’ve also started brisk walking and slow jogging on the 150m soft rubberised track next to the Gym. Wearing my new ‘max cushion’ jogging shoes, my knee seemed to hold out quite well over 10 laps, about 1.5 km. I’m proceeding cautiously, as I do not want to stress up the knee. There was no pain and no knee buckling, although I felt a little soreness, afterward.
