I did partially misunderstand, but the hamstrings are
not tight either. Just some inflammation pinching the
nerve.

Flex. only comes in 10 mg. I have used it a lot in the
past with my back. I've had to take double dose. That
usually get things rolling. It depends on your
tolerance to Med's. Mine is high so as far as pain
killers go, I don't really do them. Other meds like
flex. I double to get enough.

Celebrix, I know that the big scare was let out with
this drug, but after questioning it with various
doctors I found that the main concern is with those
who are not healthy or the elderly. I have taken it in
the past and I take it as needed this very day. For me
it works and just 3 months ago I received a full bill
of health from 2 doctors.

After my surgery, my surgeon cut me off of the
morphine which the nurses were kind enough to keep
giving me through the night. My surgeon failed to tell
them to poly give a couple of shots. In the morning
She cut me off that and gave me Percocet (sp?), There
is a drug a guy needs to be scared off. Oxycontin is
pretty much the same drug and has the nice little side
effect of just stopping your lungs (boom! your dead).
So I never was given the option of really keeping the
pain away. I give a great deal of credit to my wife
for putting up with my pain.

Sciatic, problems have been a long time thing. I
injured my back in 2002, tearing my lig's and muscles
out the from top to bottom. Now my back is pretty much
scare tissue 2 inches on both sides of my spine and
down my back. The injury as it was treated progressed
to the lower part of my back were it has ended up now.
My fifth vert. is wedged do to posture change due to
the injury. My hip keeps falling out and pushing on
the nerve and causing the muscle to inflame, which in
return squeezes around my nerve. That's where the pain
begins. I can usually handle one or the other, but
having to deal with my knee and have this nerve
problem gets a bit testy sometimes and slows the whole
knee progress a bit. I have tried Acupuncture a few
times and it does not really do a thing for me. I was
prescribed a T.E.N.S machine which is god sent. When
it gets to overwhelming it gets hooked up.

I can not believe your doctor only ordered 4 weeks of
physio. I'm on an extensive rehab protocol. 20 weeks
long. It was developed by a leading sports medicine
outfit in eastern Canada and my Surgeon placed me onto
it with some modifications to it. She does not believe
in doing things a second time and to handle the
recovery the right way the first time.

...Corey

--- Mystic Traveler <mystic643@...> wrote:

> Corey,
>
> I believe you misunderstood my previous post: As
> stated below, I
> wrote, "Sounds like you have tight hamstrings... my
> tightness is with
> the quads."
> My quads are tight, with only 110 degrees of flex. I
> don't have much
> problem with anything else, except for a little
> swelling on the left
> and right side of the knee cap and also the same
> tightness across the
> bottom front of my knee. The tightness on the bottom
> front of the knee
> may be from the removal of the center third of the
> Patellar Tendon at
> the tibia. I do believe he stitched the tendon back
> together, so it's
> bound to be irritated as the bone heals up. No
> problems with the
> kneecap itself, though one day after not using
> crutches, I had a good
> deal of pain behind the knee cap, but went away with
> ice treatment. I
> get a twinge of pain from the repaired meniscus from
> time to time (I'm
> not sure how much he removed). I did get my GP to Rx
> some Flexeril
> (cyclobenzaprine)for my tight quads. I don't know if
> it has helped or
> not yet.(10mg @ bedtime)though I am making steady
> progress in flexing.
>
> Celebrex was Rx for 5 days post-op, and I'm glad
> that was all he
> wanted me to take. The warnings about it scared me.
> I currently take
> 800mg Ibuprofen (once a day), 10mg Flexeril
> (bedtime) and when I do
> have that dull ache in my knee, I take Darvocet
> N-100. I stopped
> taking the Vicoden, because I have the left knee
> meniscus surgery
> sometime next month, and I want the Vicoden to work
> well then.
>
> With the sciatic problem, as you know, hardly any
> pain meds work. It
> is a tough one to get over. I have read in other
> posts, that
> acupuncture (by a Chinese practitioner) gives relief
> when all else fails.
> I am on my own now, with PT... my OS only ordered 4
> weeks. I can see
> from reading these posts, exercise will be part of
> my life from now
> on. I have a Total Gym and the upper body work outs
> have also helped
> me greatly. The PT's seem to forget about the rest
> of the body, only
> concentrating on the affected part. The whole body
> suffers along with
> our knees...
>
> Stick with your PT's plan and be patient. Being
> patient about recovery
> has been my biggest problem. I want to get back to
> work so much, it
> drives me crazy to sit around the house. I believe
> now that I am able
> to walk unassisted; I will start with maybe 1\4 of a
> mile walk around
> the neighborhood.
>
> Again, Good luck and speedy recovery!
> Mystic
>
> --- In kneesurgeryforum@yahoogroups.com, Pam and
> Corey - PrairieDawn
> <prairiedawnc@y...> wrote:
> >
> > Mystic,
> >
> > On the contrary, my quads are not tight. I have
> kept
> > my legs strength and conditioning up pretty good
> > through this whole deal. I am very tight around my
> > knee joint. Joint pain for the most part. I am
> having
> > a bit of pain related to my meniscus repair. Where
> my
> > new ACL was screwed to the Tibia is where I get
> some
> > discomfort. I am mostly tight around my calves and
> > across the bottom front of my knee. I have to
> stretch
> > out on the stairs to relief a swollen muscle in my
> > hamstring that is pinching my sciatic nerve. in
> which
> > case I have tried anti-inflammatory (Celebrix) and
> it
> > has not helped much. The stretching out on the
> stairs
> > helps with the relief of this pinch a little and
> at
> > the same time works on my flexibility of my knee.
> I am
> > going to see about going onto flexarile
> (spelling?),
> > which is a muscle relaxant. Maybe then the
> celebrix
> > will have a shot at reducing the inflammation.
> >
> > I'm not at a stage of placing any weight or bands
> for
> > resistance on a leg curl. This is an absolute
> no,no
> > according to my therapist. I am only doing leg
> lifts
> > with muscle stim. A roll is placed behind my knee
> and
> > I straighten it from that point only to tighten
> the
> > contraction of the muscles beside the knee and the
> > quad. I feel I can do more but I'm not pushed at
> all
> > like most other physiotherapists do.
> >
> > Corey
> >
> > --- Mystic Traveler <mystic643@y...> wrote:
> >
> > > Thank you for replying to my post... it is a
> relief
> > > to know that the
> > > numbness will go away, eventually. Sounds like
> you
> > > have tight hamstrings... my tightness is with
> the quads.
> > > I lay face down and loop a rope over my foot and
> > > pull my led toward my
> > > head. When I reach the tight point, I push
> against
> > > the rope for 10
> > > seconds, then relax and pull my leg down a
> little
> > > further. I repeat
> > > this 5 times. I use mental imagining also to
> "think"
> > > my quad to
> > > stretch out.
> > >
> > > Good luck and thanks again for posting a
> reply... it
> > > takes a load off
> > > of my mind to know others are "in the same
> boat".
> > >
> > > Mystic
>
>
>
>


PrairieDawn Devon Rex Alberta, Canada
http://www.geocities.com/prairiedawnc
TICA Junior Achievers' NW Region Liaison
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