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| Calender of Progress and PT Exercises Listed below are the various PT exercises I was assigned in a calendar fashion to help gauge progress. |
| December | ||||||
| SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY | SATURDAY |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| More hopping. Can't measure at home, but am hitting around 60 inches without being able to hold my stance after hopping. | Hopping, a little bit of ROM for good measure. | PT appt. Hop test again with other strengthening exercises. Hopped 58 inches on repaired leg! | More hops, wall sits, one legged squats. | No PT. | Ran on a treadmill for the first time! Nerve racking, but felt good. Noticeable limp. Ran 4 min. on, 1 min. off for 15 min. | |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| No PT. | Just call me a bunny wabbit; hoppity hop hop. | More hops, wall sits, one legged squats, shuffling, a little bit of ROM. | Last PT appt! Stretched good legged hop to 80 in. Hit 63 inches with repaired leg. | No PT. | No PT. | No PT. |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| No PT. | No PT. | ROM exercises, hopping, shuffling. | No PT. | No PT. | No PT. | Walked on treadmill for 10 min. |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| Ran on treadmill. 25 min. 75% running, 25% walking. No swelling after the fact. | Ran on treadmill for 15 minutes straight, no walk breaks. | Shoveled snow, gave the knee a rest from running. Knelt on knee again and it felt ok, but still made me nervous! | Ran for 20 min. straight, no walking. | No PT/workout. C'mon! It's Christmas! Give me a break! | 25 min. run/walk (70/30). Darn x-mas dinner did me in! | 30 min. running no walk breaks. |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |||
| Misc. lifting and bending associated with moving. | 30 min. running no walk breaks. Incline gradually increased every other minute. Leg press and calf raise with added weight for the first time! Kept it light for now. |
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