10 points** I had knee surgery for a completely torn ligament, now I am in physical therapy and having pain?
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I will award 10 points after 4 hours.
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I also had knee surgery for not only ligament, but other issues too. My doctor doesn't want me over doing it with physio yet (surgery was June 21), since it could re damage my knee (ligament), and cause pain. Yes physio could redamage the ligament, if it hurts, don't do it... you need to do some range of motion, and some strength exersizes, but don't over do it, or you will be going back for you 2nd surgery/ Can't believe your doctor didn't let you know
Stick with therapy to minimize loss of movement range...
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Well, consider this: You had a completely torn ligament.
Ligaments don't heal themselves. How long before the surgery did you get injured? If you were injured for some time before the surgery, then your muscles in that leg would have atrophied (shrunk).
Physical therapy does not seek to cause you pain, but rehabilitation is retraining muscles, etc. after they've been cut during surgeries. I'm not sure which ligament you had fixed (I'm assuming it was your ACL because PCL surgeries are rarely done), but you have to expect some pain- it's a major surgery. You should, however, make sure that you discuss this with your physical therapist or Dr. This is not a walk in the park surgery & it will take quite some time to heal. Probably about a year to fully recover.
Do what your physical therapist tells you to & don't over do it, maybe ask him/her about getting a tens machine treatment or a home machine for pain relief.
the therapy is done to try getting your knee working right again=naturally there will be pain until you have been using it again for while=that is why we have therapy after that type of surgery
Yes, PT can cause damage. They will inadvertantly overexercise your joint while trying build it up. Continue PT, but ask them for different exercises for you knee. You have to tell them how bad it hurts because only you know. Ask your doctor.
Hopefully not, the physical therapist should know exactly what to do. Therapy is not fun and alot of times very painful, but try to hang in there.
If you have been immobilized for a while its going to take some time to get full ROM back and all of your tendons and ligament are going to be tight so pain is to be expected. Try taking pain medication before going.
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