Quote:The PT isn't easy, that's for sure.  I really stuck with it religiously.  I had surgeries before (when I was much younger) where I just assumed it would get better, because I was younger and dumber.  I really wish I had done the PT on my knee the way they told me to.  I don't think I'd have as many problems as I do now.  My shoulder is 'as good as new'.  And the surgery they did on my shoulder was arthroscopic, so no real cutting.  I really think the key was doing the PT at home, like they told me to, rather than only at the therapist.

Yep. I absolutely do it at home as well as at the PT joint. He has me doing the exercises every other day and a 'tennis ball massage' daily that hurts like nobody's business. I'm 43 so I know I won't recover as quickly as I did 5 years ago so I'm putting in the work now to make everything else easier. Hopefully.

 

Before I had my surgery in February I focused on working out specific muscle groups because I knew I was going to have to use my legs and arms to get me up and down from chairs and the bed as opposed to core strength (we use our core a lot more than we think we do). I also worked my core so it would be strong and able to hold me together. Having your gut cut into is no joke. I'm glad I put in the effort to do all of that because it helped a great deal with mobility afterwards.

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