LATN Femurs - Dr Singh

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Quote from: alex on July 22, 2015, 11:42:54 PMHey

Any updated about your knees ? how much can you bend now ?

By the way, when will you can put all your weight on legs ?
Umm, the Roms are still about the same as I mentioned before Alex. Swelling is gone ony right leg but 2/10 pain is still there. My doctor told me to go gentle ony legs until his next visit in around 20 days. Full weight-bearing depends on my bone regeneration. But my doctor opinion is it will be around 3 months from now. I will push my knees for gaining more Roms after 2weeks post operation when all the bruisings, pain and wounds have healed well.

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Had my xrays taken and appointment with my doctor yesterday. Fine results.
Dr. Singh said I can start doing hydrotherapy and go on with my daily knee bending and muscle strengthening exercises.
Today is one month anniversary of my nail exchange. I m doing great and very motivated to return to normal life. I spend nearly 6 hours daily mainly on knee bending exercise and for muscle stretching and strengthening. Yet, Roms of my knees seems very slow in progress to me. Progress can be seen..., like ranges between long achieved Roms became flexible, strengthened and more mobile over time. It is the increase in new range that seems to be very VERY slow to achieve, maybe like 5 to 7 degrees since last update. I have made up my mind to achieve 90' in the next 15 days.

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Quote from: bluebarbie on August 16, 2015, 06:44:17 AMHad my xrays taken and appointment with my doctor yesterday. Fine results.
Dr. Singh said I can start doing hydrotherapy and go on with my daily knee bending and muscle strengthening exercises.
Today is one month anniversary of my nail exchange. I m doing great and very motivated to return to normal life. I spend nearly 6 hours daily mainly on knee bending exercise and for muscle stretching and strengthening. Yet, Roms of my knees seems very slow in progress to me. Progress can be seen..., like ranges between long achieved Roms became flexible, strengthened and more mobile over time. It is the increase in new range that seems to be very VERY slow to achieve, maybe like 5 to 7 degrees since last update. I have made up my mind to achieve 90' in the next 15 days.

Restoring ROM after doing external femurs is a long and difficult process from what I've been told. But your advantage is that you have the correct attitude and dedication in your physical therapy. Keep at it. Wish you all the best in your recovery.

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Okay, today is one and a half months post my nail exchange surgery. And surprisingly there is something new to update about..guess what??? I started driving again today. .My legs are recovering fast and i can find them getting stronger each day.
I made up my mind two weeks ago that by today i have to gain 90 degrees of rom. .i juz felt alil bad that i couldnt make it. I was wrong about my previous roms to start with. You can compare the two pics..one was taken today and the less range one was 20 days ago. Sorry for the low quality pic, something went wrong with my sony that i bought samsung s6 in the next one.  By calculating with the time and the ranges gained, I guess it would take me another two weeks to fully attain 90 degrees.
You could see the scars are pretty bad though..i have been using centellase ointment along with silicone pads and yesterday i got them injected with some steroids. I will get to them for removal after i regain my roms.

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picture of my first driving after 8 months. I used the car which is abit old coz i was scared as well as excited with my new elongated legs.   

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Today b4 going out.
Tip for instant scar removal......With concealer or thick makeup. Apply a thin layer on the edge of them and stroke to blend them in with normal skin color. And for the darker, more visible middle areas..put some relevent amount on them and use ur finger and tap or rub gently on the scars.

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You're looking great, bluebarbie. Can't even tell from the pics thwt you had any surgery. How is your knee rom now?

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Looking phenomenal. Your legs look a tiny bit longer(maybe it's because I know you did LL) but that's a good thing on a girl.

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Quote from: KiloKAHN on August 30, 2015, 06:39:56 PMYou're looking great, bluebarbie. Can't even tell from the pics thwt you had any surgery. How is your knee rom now?

thank you..dear.
umm i think its about 77 degrees..what do u think? The picture is landscape so the one with less rom is hidden. Drag it out to compare the two. I havent been to the physio center lately so i couldnt measure it properly yet.

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The above pictures give an image of what i have been doing these days. I have been working out my legs and using them more lately. The achived ranges have become more adaptive and flexible. But i havent increased my roms much yet. They seem really restricted around 80. I dont dare to push them harder yet as it has been only 53 days post nail change. I m always concened that i might bend my nail or screws accidendtly.
It has neen two days since i started hydrotherapy. The pool is also heated so i feel relaxed and much better after getting in it. Actually it is a jacuzzi attached to a gym. In our country we dont have hydrotherapy pools at pt centers.
I have noticed my belly fat, my arms and shoulders getting thicker due to using them alot and atrophy of my butt (gluteus maximus). So i have started to hit the gym too.
I wake up at 7:00, get to the gym first working on my belly, my gluteus and strengthen all femur muscles and hip flexors then get in the pool. There i swim lightly, walk around and squat holding on to the pool side to not put too much weight on my legs. I stretch for a while then take a shower, get back home pushing myself for two more knee bending sessions lasting one and a half hour each. Yesterday after getting out of the pool i noticed a popping sound coming from my right knee just underneath the pattela inside the joint with no pain or swelling. But i got so scared that i burst into tears and contacted dr Singh. But the knee is noticely bending more and smoother along with the poppings. They only come when i bend them actively (using my own strength) but when i relax and bend or straighten them with the help there is no sound. So i just hoped it is coming from the tendons or lingaments inside the joint. Will update again after getting x rays in a few days and appointment with dr Singh.