Physical Therapy:
- Roughly 3 more months of PT - next week I will be winding down from 2 x per week (for the next 2 weeks) to 1 x per week (weeks 3-6) to once every other week (weeks 7-12).
- Range of motion is 131 degrees on my own
- Hamstring strength is very good
- Quad strength is getting better, still needs work
Body's Condition:
- Hips and knees seem better aligned (evident during squats)
- Gait is improving, limp is almost unnoticeable at times
- SI joint displacement leading to joint pain and sciatic nerve pain down right leg / off and on for last couple of weeks - becoming less frequent.
- Very tight psoas and hip flexors
- Increasing ab strengthening exercises to hopefully minimize the low back and hip pains
- Weekly myofascial release (focusing left knee region) and massage therapy (Thai/full body)
- No pain relievers (Tylenol/Ibuprofen) for knee related pain in about 2 weeks!
Personal Update:
For all intents and purposes, I have permanently reduced my work week hours to 32. After trying to hit 40 per week after the new year it proved to be too much. My overall health and rehabilitation were suffering. After reaching the decision on Monday and getting it formalized and approved on Tuesday, today I felt like a renewed person. I am very much looking forward to the reduced hours - after a lot of battling with myself, disappointment, and purposeful realigning of my goals to be more realistic, more achievable, and less devastating.
The inquiry I find myself in more and more goes something like:
For all intents and purposes, I have permanently reduced my work week hours to 32. After trying to hit 40 per week after the new year it proved to be too much. My overall health and rehabilitation were suffering. After reaching the decision on Monday and getting it formalized and approved on Tuesday, today I felt like a renewed person. I am very much looking forward to the reduced hours - after a lot of battling with myself, disappointment, and purposeful realigning of my goals to be more realistic, more achievable, and less devastating.
The inquiry I find myself in more and more goes something like:
"What decisions can I make in each moment, every day, and over my lifetime to deeply feel as much health and happiness as possible?".The intention I wrote out this morning on the community "2012 intentions board" in my kitchen was:
I will do everything in my power to bring more personal awareness to and to achieve my optimal physical, mental, emotional, relationship, and spiritual health.
This is where I am at now. I am really starting to open up to some new awareness, to shed some old beliefs and perceptions, and to tap into the richness this experience has brought me. It feels really good and wholesome, very freeing.
Surgeon's update to come ... next follow up appointment is this Friday, 1/27/12!
