I am almost 3 weeks on after surgery and I am still getting excessive swelling after exercising, is this normal?
I have been doing my physio exercises regularly and most of the straightening and quad strengthening exercises are reasonably easy, I am also able to walk slowly with one crutch to the end of my street and back which is roughly around 1500 steps, however the bending exercises are still very difficult because of the swelling in and around the knee and it seems to increase as the day goes on.
I had my staples removed Friday and the wound has healed very nicely but the nurse said the knee was still very swollen.
I am elevating and icing regularly throughout the day but it doesn’t seem to be making much difference. I am also still finding it difficult to get comfortable at night so I am not getting much sleep. Is all this normal nearly 3 weeks after surgery or should I be making more progress?