Physiotherapy

Today was my last day at physiotherapy for this semester. I met Petrina, my physiotherapist, and we did a couple of exercises to assess the strength and balance of my right knee and leg. I started with 5 minutes on a training bicycle like usual and then we did some jumping, bending, running and pushing and compared to that of my right. She was very pleased and said that my legs now were just about back to the state they had been in before the accident.This was of course a relief to hear as I have worked hard with exercises at home to regain strength but also had to deal with many thing I haven't been able to do the last year.

Because of my injured/healing knee I could not horse ride for some weeks, could not do volleyball and even now, when it is almost completely healed I had to accept that hockey this semester was not a possibility. It has become easier over time but having to be constantly aware of all things you do is quite exhausting. It lowers your confidence in your strength and takes time from your normal life. Also, the knee brace I had to wear for some time was often in the way and made it complecated to dress as it is supposed to sit directly on the leg, with no fabric in between, but still it was too big to fit under any pants. Still I have leared to manage these difficulties and appreciate that I am in a place where I can actually get help and can afford both time and money to go for a surgery and even just the gym, to help the healing process. Sometimes I have slacked of with my exercises, when there has been a lot in school, and if I gave advise to somebody else i would deffinately say: do your exercises! maybe i would have been done even earlier if I had done all my exercises as I should have. Anyhow it now feels normal and I'm glad to be able to participate in more sports next semester.