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Maria,
Could you provide more information regarding his second surgery?
How long ago?
How long was he Non-weigthbearing on crutches?
HOw long prior to surgery was his injury, resulting in ultimate need
for surgery?
What types of formal Physical Therapy/rehabilitat
How is his surgical knee range of motion, both flexion and extension?
Does he have pain with either end range of motion flexion, end range
of motion extension, pain at any point throughout his range of motion?
Does he have pain with symmetric weight-bearing, 50/50 on each leg?
How much weight (percentage of body weight) can he support pain-free
on the surgical leg?
Does he still have any swelling or joint effusion from the surgery?
Does his knee swell after a duration of weight-bearing?
The answers to these questions will go a long way in determining if
the surgical knee is even capable of doing any of the things that
have been proposed thus far. Given the nature of the microfracture
procedure, his weight-bearing joint surface may not be ready to do
anything more than ROM type exercises. This type of suregery is a
multiple month-to year type of rehabilitation process (Amare
Stoudemire, Jason Kidd, Kenyon Martin, Chris Webber, among others)
There is absolutely no need to rush into things that the joint itself
is not ready to handle.
Gary Diny PT, CSCS
Madison WI USA
--- In Supertraining@
<dizzipurple@
>
> Hi,
>
> Here are some more specific details regarding the knee injury.
>
> Surgery # 1 was to trim meniscus. He was on crutches for 2 weeks
>
> Surgery #2 was called micro fracture surgery. His was 2cm by 3cm
of the medial tibial plateau. He said that the cartilage covering
the tibial head had a hole in it down to the bone. The surgery was
to stimulate cartilage growth by drilling into the bone. This time
he was on crutches for 7 weeks. He has been released from pt but he
still cannot bear weight evenly on the leg he had surgery on. He is
a former collegiate football player, recreational sprinter and avid
weight lifter. 45 years old 6'4 and I am guessing 225. I can get an
exact weight if necessary. I would very much like to see him get
back to the weight bearing exercises he enjoys if it's possible.
>
> Hopefully this helps you and anyone else attempting to help answer
my question.
>
> Thank you
>
> Maria Huntsman
> Florida, USA
>
> carruthersjam <Carruthersjam@
wrote: --- In
Supertraining@
> <dizzipurple@
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Can anyone recommend a link or a website where I can find
> information and some proprioreception exercises for helping
someone
> recover from a knee injury? I have only read about
propriorecption
> training being beneficial after an injury to a joint and would
like
> to learn more. Also, a friend who has recently been released from
pt
> has asked me to help him with a conditioning program. He recently
> had knee surgery. I thought the proprioreception training would
be
> a nice compliment to the strength and conditioning program.
Please
> let me know if you need more specifics about the surgery in order
to
> answer my question.>>>
>
> ***
> More specific details would be helpful.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jamie Carruthers
> Wakefield, UK
>
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