Ahhhh! Was able to sleep much better last night. Woke up at 1am, super uncomfortable (trapped in the dreaded booties) so I decided to put my brace on and go sleep in the recliner instead. Woke up at 7am, felt so nice! You know what else felt nice? REMOVING THE GINORMOUS BANDAGE! Ahhh, what a relief. Freeeedommmm. I wasn't expecting a bruise, since I didn't have any at my last surgery... Hmm, guess I was wrong on that one. It's super swollen too...you can even see the brace's bar imprinted in my thigh! Ouch. If there's that much inflammation on the outside, I can't imagine how it must be in the joint! I had another PT session today, and it went much better than yesterday! The soft tissue gentle massage felt nice. Lindsay added two new exercises to the isometrics I already had: - quadruped rocking - quaduped pelvic tilts I felt good enough to hop onto the bike again...and guess what! I doubled my time. Did 15 minutes no resistance without too much difficulty. It's cool because the girl next to me had the exact same surgery on the exact same date! It was nice talking to someone going through the same thing. We both complained about how scratchy our throats feel because of the breathing tube during surgery...and we're both coughing because of it too! After biking, my hip felt a sore and tight, which is completely normal at this point. We ended the session with some Game Ready compression/ice...my goodness I LOVE that machine! Unfortunately I have a cheaper version at our appartement. The compression is definitely not as strong, and the cooling part doesn't wrap all around. But hey, it's still better than nothing.
I'm really happy that I'm working with Lindsay. She's super gentle, explains everything very clearly (she showed Oli how to do at-home physiotherapy) and is really friendly too. Today she told us she used to work in Colorado with Dr.Philippon, so it's great to know she has a lot of experience with FAI patients. And I mean...who wouldn't want to work with Elsa from Frozen?
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AuthorMy name is Marie-Christine. I'm 34 years old and live in Montreal, QC, Canada. I have had two failed hip scopes on my right hip to do undiagnosed hip dysplasia. My amazing surgeon, who is in Quebec City, performed periacetabular osteotomy in November 2017. He also did one left hip scope (non dysplastic) in February 2017. Archives
May 2018
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