February 10, 2008
When can I start physical therapy?!
I am really feeling like my right hip is healing so much faster than the left did the first week. I am trying to put only minimal weight on my right leg. But it is frustrating. I am now up to 100 degrees flexion on the CPM (the automatic leg bender/stretcher device), which I am running for most of the night. At that angle, the “Game Ready” ice-water leg-wrap gets uncomfortable, as it tends to bind at my hip. So I am now putting more time into icing at times other than while in bed strapped to that machine. I think this is a much better strategy. The only way I could really improve on my current arrangement, I feel, is if I had the icing machine at my office… I had my kids here all weekend. My mother flew back to NY last night. Chasing after them was not bad at all. Of course my kids are awesome most of the time anyway. But they really seem to show concern these days, making sure they don’t run into me from a full run like they often have, for example.  Dr appointment will be in a couple days. At that time, we will discuss the physical therapy plan.