This has been a day of milestones for my knee recovery
I switched back to my standing desk this morning at work. I've been using one for nearly a year and love it. (Nearly all my sore neck problems went away!) But when I tore the ACL, there was just no way it was going to work and I switched to a normal desk. But today, which is exactly two months since my surgery, I am back to standing. I didn't make the switch until nearly lunch time, so I've only been standing really half a day, but so far all is good. I still take breaks and sit down, but I was doing that before and my knee feels about like it did last week when I sat all day.
The second major milestone is dropping back to seeing my physical therapists only once a week. When we talked about it last week, he said that he just didn't need to see me more then once a week now and that I'd probably drop to even less once I see my surgeon again at the end of May. He also talked to me about going back to TKD, because he knows that has been a focus for me. He said that I should ask for very specific milestones from my surgeon when I see him in three weeks. Meaning when can I start kicking again, when I can use my new knee to plant for kicking with the other side, making actual contact when kicking, running, jumping, etc. He suggested I schedule visits around these milestones, so he can evaluate me doing them before starting for real. This was actually a major confidence booster for me, because when I started he didn't seem to positive on me going back this quickly.
There is one more big thing happening today, I get to go back to TKD class tonight! I've been patiently waiting since I saw my surgeon two weeks ago, because he gave me the go ahead if I followed a long list of rules. The first two hurdles were waiting for the two month mark and having the swelling under control. Today I declare victory on those! The list of rules is long, there is fewer things I can do then can't actually. But I have faith that Master Strongheart and Master Wells are going to help me make it work. I have had so much support from everybody at the Mercer Island Martial Arts center actually, I really can't express how much it has helped.
I'm declaring May the month of punching, since that is mainly what I'll be allowed to-do. Punching is good, I can slowly work my way back from there.
Wish me luck!
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