Well, my brace thingy came on Wednesday.
A representative came to the house and taught me how to use it. He put it on my leg and tightened it until I felt a slight stretch.
Then we waited.
He said that after 5 minutes the stretch would release and then I could tighten it a little more until I felt a stretch again.
It never released.
He left the house and now I use this thing for about 15 minutes at a time, twice a day.
I called my physical therapist and asked him about it. (I haven't been to P.T. for a couple weeks now.) He said that basically we are retraining the muscle to know that it is "OK" to be in this position. I told him that after 15 minutes it feels worse then when I started, so he said to take it off for a few minutes and then put it back on for another 15.
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Beautiful!
I haven't notice progress yet. My doctor wants me to give it 5 days. The rep. said to give it a month or so. The therapist said a couple weeks.
I go back to the doc on Thursday which will be about a week after I started using this torture machine.
If he doesn't see progress he most likely will want to schedule surgery.
We shall see.
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