Week One B

a person came in 10 weeks post total knee replacement.
when this patient came in i remember feeling nervous because i only really knew about the surgery and the initial physiotherapy treatment not later on.
i was able to massage the patients quads and i thought i did this fairly well as i had had a fair bit of experience with massage but my main practice was on football players and this was a lady so i had to adjust my massage technique to the different size legs and had to remember she wouldnt have been able to handle the same force as a footballer would have. I also applied a medial glide on the patients patella to increase the glide and assist with her ROM.
Next time i think i will be more confident seeing a total knee replacement after taking in everything i have learnt from this patient but applying it to the next patient making it more specific to them.
i want to look up or ask about expected ROM for different stages in rehab and progressions.