Resources and Therapies for Pain After Major Knee Surgery

"Lying in bed all day doesn’t only cause aches, but also weakens all your #muscles. That in turn causes more pain when you try to use them again.": buff.ly/cQxm9db

#ChronicPain #surgery #KneeSurgery #PatellarTendonRupture #recovery

Physiotherapy After Knee Operation www. a chronic voice .com

"It’s useful and important to maintain your upper body strength..When you can start sitting and standing, you will need your upper body muscles to pull yourself up as well.": buff.ly/73W17GS

#ChronicIllness #physiotherapy #KneeSurgery #PatellarTendonRupture #StrengthTraining #disability

My Recovery Time for Simultaneous Bilateral Patellar Tendon Rupture (With Lupus & Steroid Treatment) It's very rare to get a Simultaenous Bilateral Patellar Tendon Rupture, but can happen with Lupus and steroids. This is my patient experience.

"As I also have #AntiphospholipidSyndrome & am on #BloodThinners, I suffered from #hematoma on top of the bilateral #PatellarTendonRupture. That means the swelling and #edema were more pronounced.": buff.ly/ono7SRr

How To Occupy Your Mind Whilst Recovering From Knee Surgery.

"It was an extreme mental challenge as I’d repeat to myself, ‘whatever it takes to #survive’, hour after hour, minute after minute. My brain was still in shock as it had all happened so quickly.": buff.ly/3VcMyaH

#disability #NEisVoid #PatellarTendonRupture #BrokenKnees

Must Haves After Knee Surgery To Stay Comfortable In Bed - Resources In The Post. (A cutout of an empty queen-sized bed is below.)

"Standing up will be the first thing you learn to do again. You may be disappointed that you will need assistance as all your muscles have atrophied, but it gets easier with practice": buff.ly/3RhCSwz

#KneeSurgery #PatellarTendonRupture #recovery #lupus #MondayBlogs

Uplifting Things To Do While Stuck In Bed In Pain (Photo of a notebook, pen, tea and roses are laid out on a desk.)

"Sometimes I don’t even notice when a new type of pain creeps up. That was how the spontaneous bilateral #PatellarTendonRupture happened; I had mistaken it for my ‘regular’ #Sjogrens or #Lupus joint aches": buff.ly/42AzSAJ #ChronicPain #MondayBlogs

"Subsequently, I could write more about my #KneeInjury experience, what I learned, and share resources to help others..gave me a slight bit of satisfaction..even if I was still upset about the whole situation": https://buff.ly/3OGUdPd #ChronicIllness #Lupus #PatellarTendonRupture #surgery

"Or another #friend who actually went to read up about the condition, so that she knows what the actual impact is. That also warmed my heart. Simply because she took the time to try n #understand it": https://buff.ly/3hJglYk #empathy #ChronicIllness #PatellarTendonRupture