So I tore my leg all to shit this winter, (ACL, MCL, medial meniscus) had surgery in February, waited eight weeks then started physical therapy. They made me wait for all that time to start therapy bc the meniscus was sewn back together and it needed time to heal. Apparently now I am very close to having a frozen joint capsule in my knee... which sounds pretty shitty. I guess the knee scarred up super bad while the meniscal sutures were healing and now I may have extremely limited range of motion and strength in my leg. I know, it is awesome!
Point is, I tried to research this phenomena and can really come up with only frozen shoulder, which happens to people at least ten years older than me typically..... Does anyone on here know about this/been through this/have any advice for me (other than learn to crochet) It is kind of alarming to me... and by kind of I mean I am freaking the @$*$^ out.
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Frozen Knee?
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ky.jennylynn
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try googling arthrofibrosis of knee. i see this occur in patients that are post total knee replacement, and they generally do quite well after manipulation, but therapy must begin immediately (the afternoon of the manipulation) and almost daily for the week or two after manipulation, and then return to the typical 2-3 days a week of PT while completing home exercises outside of therapy. i have not yet come across this with patients post ligament repair.
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ky.jennylynn
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http://www.kneeandshoulder.md/print/print_arthro.html
does the MD have you using a CPM at home? if not, I would ask why not. might depend on fragility of mensicus repair...
does the MD have you using a CPM at home? if not, I would ask why not. might depend on fragility of mensicus repair...
bee stings
free (can be)
If you are not allergic to bee venom (most people are not) you have nothing to loose and potentially everything to gain.
About 10 years ago I broke a disk in a bouldering accident. The detached chunk of disk wedged itself into my sciatic nerve. I was left with drop foot. Surgery to remove chunk. Regained most functionality except good strong toe hooks. For the next 7.5 years the whole inside of my foot was completely numb. Then I started doing bee stings. That was about 3.5 years ago. I now have most of the feeling back in my foot. Along the way I have experimented with other ailments with unbelievable results.
Of course there is lots of controversy.
Masturbation will make you go blind.
The most well documented success with bee venom therapy is with arthritis type things.
free (can be)
If you are not allergic to bee venom (most people are not) you have nothing to loose and potentially everything to gain.
About 10 years ago I broke a disk in a bouldering accident. The detached chunk of disk wedged itself into my sciatic nerve. I was left with drop foot. Surgery to remove chunk. Regained most functionality except good strong toe hooks. For the next 7.5 years the whole inside of my foot was completely numb. Then I started doing bee stings. That was about 3.5 years ago. I now have most of the feeling back in my foot. Along the way I have experimented with other ailments with unbelievable results.
Of course there is lots of controversy.
Masturbation will make you go blind.
The most well documented success with bee venom therapy is with arthritis type things.
