Day 19 - Rehab Session

Had PT today. This was the second visit to PT and quite a bit more painful than the first. I think they were really nice to me on the first day to make sure I'd come back. I really like the heating pad... I need to get one of those. It really helps with the flexibility. They started me off on the stationary bike this morning. At first I couldn't even go all the way around but after about 5 minutes I was doing full rotations. I look forward to that exercise again. My knee was really swollen when my trainer came over to take a closer look. She did what I would call a "deep tissue massage" (even though I've never officially had one to know if that's what it was). It was extremely painful and she kept mentioning how much scar-tissue buildup I have. She is convinced that the swelling is all from me walking on it the past couple days. Although the other exercises were painful at the time, I ended with the "electricutor machine" while icing and when that was over I felt great. My knee felt better than it has in a while. I still can't sleep through the night. I had to take about 3 pain killers throughout the night to make it. And I thought I was finally getting over the pain killers at night.... My trainer says I should try to walk with one crutch at night as the full out walking is causing my knee to swell more than I should allow. Not looking forward to getting back on those. I guess I shouldn't have skipped that part in the first place.