Today has been fairly pain free unless I go off my meds for a while. I've been trying to ween myself off the pain pills for a while but it's been difficult due to my low pain tolerance. Today I actually spent all day without any pain medication until bedtime. I tried to sleep but the knee was very sore.
What's interesting is that pain really isn't the issue now. It's soreness. The knee is just plain sore. It's difficult to move the knee and either direction I bend the knee it is done slow and deliberate. The swelling has really gone down and I can walk fairly well with a noticeable limp of course.
No muscles. My leg muscles are deteriorating further. My hamstring is a joke. I laid down on my stomach and tried to do a few leg curls. It's a weird feeling to feel you leg move a little bit and then totally stop, completely give out and I just can't curl it anymore with any amount of effort. This was a surprise to me. I thought if I really gave it my all I could get to a point where the pain would be too much and I'd have to stop. I didn't even get to the "horrible" pain part. I just can't contract the hamstring enough to curl the leg.
When extending the leg or contracting it passively or manually, the knee is tight. I really thought it would "loosen" up at this point. It is looser up to a point but still very tight. I can't straighten the leg without leverage and manual effort. I can't bend the knee hardly at all except when using passive resistance like the CPM or I do leg bends.... very carefully.
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