Normal ROM on return from surgery??

You know I think if I were anywhere near 100 degree's flex I would be pleased but I am not. In fact yesterday I pushed so hard that my PT said now you know what it is like pain wise when a Women is having a baby! Well I woke up this mourning in complete agony and feel all of that work got me no where!
I am getting a little discouraged here but I won't worry until the time gets short because I have an extreamly physical job that requires real rom and if don't have it I do not know what I will do........

Honestly I had planned to be out anyware between 2.5 to 3 mounths. I just feel like there should be more progress? Why is this knee not moving any further? I sit here and push and push until the sweat is pouring and barley move? I would have thought every day would bring a tiny bit more? I am getting nervouse because I get the weekly coments from the Boss just how much they need me and how they will take me sitting down or standing. Well I know for sure what will happen if I go back early I will end up doing things that I do not want to do and possibly getting reinjured and that is exactly what I don't want.........Well I guess I will keep on hitting the therapy and just see what happens ??
Thanks Beck

Well I wanted to report on my Rom and the new's is not as good as I thought. I was moving along fairly well and seem to have hit a wall! All of a sudden I am stuck at 70 degree's mayby a tad more. I'm starting to thinkthat minipulation may be in the cards here? I hope not I do not want to go through that now Iam counting down the time I have left to get back to work and it is comming quickly. I don't know,i just don't know if I am going to be able to do it...............

I can feel your pain schoust!!! It goes much slower than "they" say it will! I just had my second shot of Synvisc in my "good" knee (the one that has not been replaced yet) and I had a terrible reaction to it. My knee feels like it's been replaced. I had no flexion in it and the pain is horrible. I read on the internet that this happens to about 25 % of ppl who take the injections. The first one didn't do this....in fact it was working to alleviate the pain in the knee joint. When I had the three injections in my right knee before any of my surgeries, it didn't work at all so I WAS feeling hopeful. Until after the second injection.
Just hand in there and keep working at it.
luvsrail

Hang in there, Schoust! That sounds like exactly how I felt after surgery, even a few weeks later when my flexion had increased to 100. Things just don't feel 'right' at first and its hard to know what's supposed to be going on in that knee. Go back and reread my post 'Just what exactly is normal pain?" Its frustrating and feels very foreign, but think of it this way: You've just had a good bit of bone removed, lots of tissue rearranged, tendons, ligaments and muscles cut and moved about in order to give you a better knee. All that disruption of the natural state of your knee is still going to get the same reaction from your body as an accidental injury...LOTS of internal swelling. That swelling is a huge part of what makes your knee hurt, and feel like its going to pop open. As is subsides, so will the pain and stiffness.

Follow your doctor's instructions, Keep up with your PT, don't overdo it, and keep the ice on it as much as you can. You'll start moving again in no time. Time has to pass for some basic healing to take place, so don't hurt yourself trying to overdo anything. Do exactly what your therapist and surgeon tell you to do! The best piece of advice my PT gave me is to think of pain as a doorway, and everyday, you push yourself right up to that threshold, but not to push yourself through it. And every day that threshold gets further and further away, and soon it just fades away. I hope that helps.

I'm at 8 weeks out now, and finally hit 120, after ups and downs, and a lot of the same frustration you are dealing with. Hang in there, be patient, everything will fall into place soon. It just takes more time than we would like, eh?

Hello Guy's and Gal's! I finally had the surgery and I seemed to have a harder time than most? As of right now my Pt. is not going very well at all. I am having a very difficult time and with the pain and swelling and I am starting to think somthing might not be totaly right? My max ROM is 60 degrees and if I try anymore it feels like my knee will bust wide open or one of the muscles and or tendons will pop! Whats going on here? Any ideas??
Thanks Ralph