VERY FERST STEP - INDIA - Dr. Anil Raheja

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Hi all
 
'm Feeling good today, I just came up from mindcafe, I was almost forget how it's feel to set  in a cafe  .
I'm much more independent now, I can walk "by walker", take shower, etc all by my self 
tmw, I'll go to spa it's in ground floor ..

knee bending still bad, there is a very tiny improvement everyday.,
walking is improving but it still funny, and my right leg is much stronger than my left . maybe from tmw I'll start walking   with crutches .

things that I need to improve are :-
1- knee bending (I'm still around 60, and 90 with CPM)
2- ankle movement ( I can move my ankle up to 95 deg , I need to improve that )
3- standing posture (  I have to strength my hip muscle + knee muscle in order to improve my posture  )


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sweatpants: Thanks for the words of comfort and support. It means a lot 
RGKEY: change is always fun 

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I don't understand your 95 degrees for ankle comment?

the normal range of motion is:

•Ankle plantar flexion (movement downward) 0-50 degrees
•Ankle dorsiflexion (movement upward) 0-20 degrees


0 degrees is a flat on the ground foot.

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consider 0 as 90
95 mean 5deg upward

it depends how you look at it

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cool 5 degrees dorsiflexion is good

its to bad you don't have pre operation figures to compare to.

after reading this iv decided to get a physio to measure me before I do LL

what methods are you using to work on knee bending?
and what methods are you using to work on dorsiflexion(aka ballerina)?


ps. I like the photo.  we should start a thread which just has diagrams on the normal range of motions for femur, tibia, humerus.

I was told but I still don't understand how to post photos in large form like you just did

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with my limited English I'm not sure if I could explain all the exercises that I do ..

But I'll try to post some pic that demonstrate them ( and it's easy to do that . right click to the pic - copy image location - then  then post the link inside this code  [im*g][/img] "there is no star in the code" )

for ankle movement and with help with physio doctor I do " Resisted exercise"  where I try to move my ankel forward the physio try to push it backward and vice versa. and I do that by myself too using elastic band, or belt ( like in the pic)




Also , I try to stand against the wall and try to bend my knee til it touch the wall, this will help my knee bending + ankle



you can control the distance between your foot and the wall, depending in how bad is your knee bending (with the longer distance you'll have to bend your knee a lot)

and I try to stand  straight against the wall but this time my back is touching the wall, and I try to bend my knee ( and unlike the next pic I try to not keep gap between my feet and the wall which is much harder)



I do the same exercise as shown in pic



also I set at the edge of my bed and I put towel under my feet then I try to bend my knee, 50 times by myself, and 50 with the help of the physio doc




and I put small towel under my knee and I should press my knee down for like 10 sec, then I repeat that about 25 times, also , with keeping towel under my knee I try to lift up my leg  " it's more like keeping my leg straight'


there are also these exercise where I lie down in my stomach and the physio doc try to bend my knee, and then I try to lift my leg which is extremely hard
 

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Now I'm very happy that I can see solid improvement in my case
I went down to physio department walking, of course the pt dr was holding my hand 
and the senior dr examined me , he said my hip muscles are so tight " that's why I can't bend my knee properly" so he decided a new set of exercises
also he used a device that suppose to relax the muscle that has been tightened  and contracted due wearing the eternal femur for about a year..

in the way back to my room I walk by myself without holding hand , I walked about 7m by myself,, I did look like penguin but still I'm happy that i was able to walk by myself without any support 

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It's great that you're on the way to recovery. The dedication you possess is inspiring 

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Thanks KiloKAHN 





so today I started walking using crutches .. it is very easy.. I mean easier than using the walker.. anyway.. I tried hard to use the crutches just to keep my balance.. but I cheated sometimes  by putting some weight n them rather than my legs..

and this is the machine they use, for release/relaxing  my muscles , it's called Electro Myopulse
here is an article about it http://www.healthrestorationnc.com/process.htm 

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Hi Diso,

congratulations on your progress. Your positive attitude is admirable.

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Thaks mime


Quote from: Claude on June 11, 2014, 09:06:59 PMWe all make mistakes bro. By the way diso, are you sure you want to do more surgery ? Maybe it's just in your head and won't make you happy. Be careful anyway.

I know it's an old comment, but I just passed by some pics of  Korean cosmetic surgeries and I remembered your comment, so no it's not just in my head, but if  take a look at those pic(s) too you would think , I'm much more beautiful than those ladies to begin with so I'll end up I dunno something I can't even imagine