Penguinn- Precice II internal femurs with Dr. Parihar

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Penguinn  can you move quadriceps upwards in your leg when you want or it cannot be done( Maybe yes  because PT involves that)?

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Just flex my quads or move my knee upwards? Both but not NEARLY like I could pre op.

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contracting the quadriceps, is the thing I wanted to say, is that possible for you now?

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Yes, but my patella can be moved when I've contracted my quads which means the contraction is weak. My quads were pretty ok pre-op and seem to have taken a massive hit.

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Hey penguin,

Not sure how legit this is but there's a study done that says listening to nature sounds promotes faster healing haha. Turn up your audio with some beautiful nature sounds haha.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2872309/

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That's only for mental stress. Could still make for a good relaxing session.

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Congrats on a successful surgery.  Do you still have the feeling of "WTF did I do this for?" now after 5 days?  You've been trained to walk with a walker, is it still impossible at this stage to to walk with crutches?

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The "WTF is this?" feeling was only for a day or so. I'm way more comfortable than 4-5 days ago. I miss being able to go to the toilet so easily and being a free bird. Most of my little frustrations results from having not started lengthening yet and the PT here being so demanding, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

Crutches are a LOONG ways away.

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Hey Penguinn! Your doing all of us a great service by being Parihar's first precice 2 patient on this forum! Your view of the pain has been very interesting however. Most people on the forum say they average a 3-5 pain constantly with internals, so you doing so well with weaker than average pain meds is very impressive. Why do you think this is the case? Is it because of Parihar's superior technique or that your just mentally stronger? Best wishes on your recovery man <3

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Thanks for sharing, Penguinn. Do you feel too weak by now? And why start stretching only after 10 days?