I saw Greg on Monday because Brad was at a training. I think it was in Chicago. I’ve worked with Greg before at ATI but not with my knee. He is a really good physical therapist so it was OK with me. Greg just got engaged a couple of weeks ago so we had tons to talk about!
I never thought that it would be a good thing to say that, “he broke me easily;” but he did. He bent my knee pretty easily and I could feel the tightness in both my quad and toward my calf on the sides of my kneecap. He rubbed a lot of massage lotion on my knee and worked my quad out. He even had a picture of his fiancé’s ring, her name is Melanie.
He extended my leg on some sort of wedge under my knee and told me to raise my foot up. Are used to do this all the time at Barwis! I tried my very best and could not raise my foot up. Because I was not able to do this, he held my ankle a little ways from the table and told me to hold it up and not letting it fall. Again, I tried my best and my leg immediately fell to the table.
He then told me to flex my quad muscle as he pushed on it. For a third time, I tried my best and looked hopefully at him. He just slowly shook his head and said he didn’t feel anything even though I was trying so hard. It was completely depressing! Are used to do all of these things with ease at Barwis.
My inability made me miss Barwis even more! It’s been nine months since I’ve been there and I can’t see me going there anytime soon. Dr. Frush told me not to return until my knee didn’t hurt anymore. It still hurts! It does not hurt as badly as it did before surgery but it still hurts!
I was glad that I did not find out my inabilities until the end of my time with Greg. Right afterward, I got hooked up with ice and stim so I could be silent and stare at the ceiling. I was quiet on the way home.