> > From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > If anybody else here has had a similar injury I'd be interested to > learn how much movement you managed to recover, and in what period of > time. When I broke the wrist the surgeon told me not to expect to > recover full movement, and suggested I might not be able to ride a > bicycle again. That I find hard to believe, even if I do have > restricted movement, hence my request for information.
Smashed (literally) my left kneecap in 1980. Other joint injuries to go with it. It has never fully recovered to the point where I feel it has equivalence to the other side but that is mainly a perception thing - I am always aware of it. I estimate that I have recovered about 90%+ of function/strength. It took a lot of effort - after a month's immobility, my left thigh was dramatically smaller than my right. It took a good couple of years to be comfortable about putting it to hard use - say a good day's walking. I find that it aches up to 24hours after something like that, not during. Aspirin helps. Recovery of movement was thanks to an exceedingly violent physio who would force my knee past where I was willing to go. Although I made enough noise to wake the dead during the process, it was only necessary a few times to break adhesion and restore effectively full movement. I suggest you take up with a sadist. ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
