Today was my first physical therapy (PT) and it was pretty uneventful. It was a little disheartening when the therapist made it quite obvious he didn't read my file thoroughly. First thing he said to me was "When did you break your leg?"
To which I responded, "Um, I didn't."
"Oh, I thought it said you had a minor leg fracture..."
So I had to explain to this guy, this guy who went to school for what he does what I just had done. Whatever, I'll try not to read too much into it, perhaps he was just having an off day.
He measured my ROM, I'm not positive what the exact number was but I think it was about 40 degrees (pathetic I know). Then he gave me a list of home exercises to work on:
Knee bends
Ankle alphabet
Quad squeezes
Assisted leg lifts
Heel slides
(20-30 times each, 3 times a day)
I didn't realize how weak my quad has become, even with my being able to bear weight. I've got quite a ways to go.
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