I started off my time at ATI on Monday by Brad putting my right leg in traction. The moment when the joint separates feels so good! It’s as if the pain is completely gone! I like that feeling! I miss that feeling! It’s been almost a year since I’ve had that pain in my knee. I remember telling Brad that I couldn’t imagine my knee feeling better right after surgery and even before surgery but now I have a hard time remembering my knee feeling okay in the first place.
Brad put the bolster under my right leg and had me lift my leg as he rubbed my knee a bit to get it started. I did really well! When I was finished with the set, Brad said they were, “All good!” He moved the bolster to my left leg and it felt good that this leg was even stronger! He told me that we would stand when Larry was finished working with the person he was working with.
Larry came over and they both got me set to stand. Brad reminded me how I need to lean forward before I stand up and to keep my shoulders back once I stood . I stood up and I was standing pretty well! I sat down and Brad said that I really did well and I must have stood for 45 seconds. As I sat there, I was tired, and I looked up at him and said that, “It’s crazy but I never thought I would be so ecstatic about standing for 45 seconds!”
On my second stand, Larry encouraged me and I was able to self-adjust and stand up further as my knees were starting to buckle. My first two stands were really strong! The second two weren’t as long but I was able to stand for a little bit. I sat down and was extremely tired! Brad told me that they would hook me up for some well-deserved ice!
It felt really good that my ice is deserved because I worked really hard at the same time it is sad that my hard work is not that impressive. I maybe stood for less than two minutes in total and I could feel my knee buckling a bit almost a year after my injury and almost 5 months after my surgery! It’s discouraging, but it made me feel good that Brad told me that my leg lifts were, “All good” today.