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Once your doctor has assessed you and given you a prescription for the right size and type of catheter, you may feel like you’re on your own. Perhaps an expert has advised you on how to perform the catheterization, but what if something happens that you don’t expect and they aren’t there to guide you?
Here are a few guidelines for self-catheterization to give you an idea of what the process of learning to catheterize yourself might be like, and what you’ll need to be aware of during and after learning how. This blog post is in no way intended as medical advice, and the guidelines listed below are not at all comprehensive. Your doctor is your best authority on self-catheterization.
1.Every 3 to 8 hours, you will need to empty your bladder. Try not to keep more than 400 milliliters (ml) in your bladder at any given time.
2.As you master self-catheterization, be prepared to keep careful records of when you catheterized, how much urine you drained, and whether you were wet, dry, or damp. These records can help you in the process of establishing a routine.
3.Catheterize in the morning when you wake up and at night right before bedtime. If you collect over 400 ml of urine in the morning, or if your bedtime is early, you may need to empty your bladder during the night.
4.Urinary tract infections can be caused by prolonged urine accumulation in the bladder. For this reason, it is very important to avoid skipping a catheterization under any circumstances.
5.Maintain proper hygiene by washing your hands before and after self-catheterization.
6.When you empty your bladder, do so completely, but it’s important to never compress your bladder in an attempt to speed up the process. If you increase bladder pressure, you can cause urine to flow back into your kidneys.
7.Be mindful of your fluid intake. 6-8 glasses per day, using 8 ounce glasses, is considered normal fluid intake. If you increase your fluid intake, you may need to catheterize more frequently, as urine output is a direct result of fluid intake.
8.Maintain catheter stashes in various convenient places: for instance, the bathroom, a purse or backpack, the glove compartment of your car, your desk at work, your locker at school or at the gym.
9.Stay vigilant about the possibility of a urinary tract infection. The symptoms can include: the need to urinate more frequently, painful urination, passing urine that looks cloudy, blood in the urine, fever, chills, vomiting, back pain, and/or flank pain.
10.Be aware of less common complications from self-catheterization, such as urethral stricture (the narrowing of the urethral passage due to scar tissue), bladder injury, bladder stones, and urethral bleeding or pain.
Tim Loshe is a home health care professional with over twenty years of experience in the home care industry. In his free time Tim enjoys blogging about various home health care tips and products.
Acupressure has been around for ages and is a proven method for healing pain and relieving muscle tension
Acupressure is a form of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It is often considered acupuncture without needles both of which have been the primary form of medicine in China for over five thousand years. At the core of the Chinese medicine philosophy is the belief that the body is a microcosm of the Universe and that we are an integral part of the natural world. Just as there are daily and seasonal cycles in nature, there are cycles of change within our bodies. Each of the five major organs is associated with one of the five seasons, five elements and five positive or negative emotions as seen bellow.
Liver - Spring Wood Kindness/Anger
Heart - Summer Fire Love/Cruelty
Spleen - Indian summer Earth Righteousness/Worry
Lungs - Fall Metal Courage/Grief
Kidneys - Winter Water Gentleness/Fear
Just as the body is a microcosm of the Universe, there are microcosms within the body such as the hands, feet and the ears. Every organ is represented in each of these by an acupoint and is connected to its corresponding organ by a meridian.
What are meridians?
Meridians can be thought of as rivers or energy channels that carry vital life force known as “chi” or “qi” throughout the body. It is an intricate web of channels and junctions consisting of 20 meridians, twelve major ones and eight others that correspond to all the organs and functions within the body. Highly trained practitioners are able to “see” these channels through their fingertips. By checking the pulse of each meridian they can determine the strength or weakness of its flow and which organs are being affected.
How Acupressure Works
Once it has been determined where the energy is blocked, points along that meridian are stimulated by applying pressure, most often with the fingers, in a gradual but steady downward force for 2 to 5 minutes. The length of time is determined by how the point feels. Some will feel hard and tense while others will be sore. Each point corresponds to the organ that needs healing, and as increasing pressure is applied, more energy flows to that area. In addition, herbs and food remedies may be recommended in order to bring the body back into its natural rhythm and balance.
More Than Symptom Relief
So, as you can see, the practice of acupressure is very complex but is also very basic. It works with the meridians on the physical level by clearing the “traffic jams” along the information highways but also seeks to discover the underlying cause of an individual’s imbalance at a spiritual and emotional level. The ultimate goal is permanent change resulting in true health and vitality from head to toe.
The Science Behind Acupressure
This system has always been a mystery to modern scientists and until recently meridians have been “invisible” to the Western world.
Over the last 15 years, however, scientists have been gathering clinical evidence to support the existence of meridians and their properties. Through infrared imaging they have glimpsed the first images of meridians in a few living people. While sages of the ages have never needed modern science to confirm what they already know, for the Western world, if seeing is believing, then this is exciting news.
However, proof of their existence does not change the fact that in the hands of skilled practitioners individuals have been experiencing profound healing for thousands of years. It is a wonderful alternative or compliment to Western Medicine and a great way to achieve and maintain optimum health. Contact a chiropractor and give it a try.
Luke Edmond is a freelance writer and works with the Denver Integrated Spine Center. His interests include current medical trends and chiropractic treatments.
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Like conceiving a child, abortion is a choice for women, which greatly empowers them to make decisions for their reproductive health. Basically, anybody can undergo a Singapore abortion procedure in the country as long as the gestational age of the fetus is beyond 6 months or 24 weeks. There are plenty of reputable clinics in the City and a possible abortion candidate can choose depending on her budget and proximity to the abortion facility.
Depending on the age of gestation, there are two procedures used in terminating a pregnancy: vacuum aspiration and induction of labor with vacuum aspiration. The latter requires at least two days hospitalization and is done for patients who are more than 14 weeks but less than 24 weeks pregnant.
Patients will be asked to undergo counseling before and after the procedure and minor girls who are below 16 years of age will be given a special Health Promotion Counseling Board. Furthermore, rape victims will be given a different treatment based on the Abortion Act of Singapore.
Some medical doctors might refuse to perform the procedure because of ethical reasons. However, a patient can seek a different opinion from another medical doctor who is willing to perform legal abortion. The patient will then have to undergo laboratory and physical clearance prior to the procedure and may have to wait for 2 days compulsorily.
Foreigners who plan to have their pregnancy in Singapore terminated must have been living in the City for at least 4 months, must be working and must permanently reside in the country or must be married to a Singaporean.
Once a patient has decided to terminate a pregnancy, she will be informed about what to expect with the procedure and what to do and not to do after the procedure. Furthermore, despite abortion being legal in Singapore, the government still pushes for the use of contraception as the best way to avoid unwanted pregnancies. Also, since abortion is a medical procedure, there are risks involved in getting the procedure done such as risk of bleeding and risk of infection. This is why a patient must be educated before she is scheduled to undergo Singapore abortion.
Singaporean health care professionals are some of the best in the world and patients can expect clinical care under a licensed facility to be safe and confidential. Like any other medical procedure, it is always best to read about the pros and cons of termination of pregnancy before consenting to be able to make informed decisions about their reproductive health.
There are also plenty of support groups for people who are contemplating to get the procedure done. These groups will be able to help a patient voice out anxieties and expectations with the facilities and the procedure and seek answers to various questions about the procedure.
The OBGYN Centre offers discreet pregnancy termination services. This is in the form of a safe and professional package aimed at a swift and quick resolution of the situation. We are dedicated to patient choice and comfort and we prefer to focus constructively on prevention rather than on contrition. We have considerable experience with difficult situations involving both local and expat patients.
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An article on the evolution of Freudian theory by Jacques Lacan, the controversial reception of his mirror stage theory, in place of Freud's Oedipal Drive."
It was Sigmund Freud who originally established the field of psychoanalysis, and so the debt owed to him by the entire area of study is hard to overstate. However, it should always be remembered that many other figures have since built on Freud's work, expanding psychoanalysis into areas which he could not have imagined. The best-known individuals in psychoanalysis include the likes of Carl Jung and Wilhelm Reich, each with their own theories, their own disciples and their own students. This article will compare and contrast the theories of Freud with those of one of the most admired men to have followed up on his work: Jacques Lacan.
Lacan was heavily influenced by Freud, in fact, although he went on to found an entirely new school of psychoanalysis, he described himself as a Freudian Psychoanalyst. In the fifties Jacques Lacan ran seminars calling for psychoanalysts to return to Freud's body of work. He believed that many of Freud's followers had distorted his original writings, and so argued that it was time to reclaim the early work by the father of psychoanalysis.
Lacan also added to Freudian theory, however, and one of the key concepts which he introduced to the field was that of structural linguistics. He looked at Freud's case of a patient nicknamed the Rat Man. This individual was obsessed with the idea of people being tortured by rat-bites. Freud concluded that his obsession with rats masked concerns over money, and pointed to the similarities between the two words in German: "Ratten" (rats) echoes "Raten" (instalments, as in debt). Lacan used this case to articulate his theories regarding signifiers: chains of words which lead from one meaning to another, and which can provide insight into a patient's mental state.
However, Lacan also made a large and very controversial departure from Freudian theory with his concept of the Mirror Phase, the idea that observing ones self in a mirror triggered apperception, and hense the notion of an inner and outer self, an event that Lacan considered to be a significant milestone in the mental development of a child. Although Lacan himself saw his theory as compatible with Freud's theories regarding primal urges from early childhood, many disagree. The Fellow Frenchman psychoanalyst Raymond Tallis argued that the mirror stage had no factual foundation, and that congenially blind people would be incapable of learning to speak were Lacan's theories factually unflawed.
Freud placed great emphasis on the Oedipal drive: the subconscious desire in male children to kill the father and marry the mother (the female equivalent of the Oedipus complex is the Electra complex). Lacan, instead, held that the most important stage in the early development of a child was when it first sees itself in a mirror - or comes across a reasonable substitute, such as the image of a different child.
Lacan saw this as filling a gap in Freud's theories by explaining how the ego is constituted. More traditional Freudians, meanwhile, remain unconvinced.
This guest post was written by Nick Davison, Nick writes for a number of websites including Lacanian Psychoanalysis London.
Here are four different sleep apnea treatment options and some of the benefits of each one."
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Although this disease can be serious when left untreated, the good news is, there is a lot that can be done to make it easier to live with.
Here are four different sleep apnea treatment options and some of the benefits of each one.
1) An oral appliance
Sometimes, when you have only a mild case of this disease, there are extremely simple fixes for it. For instance, an oral appliance can be a good and quick solution.
These devices essentially reposition your tongue and lower jaw, which ensures your throat and breathing passageway remain clear and open during sleep. As a result, you should be able to sleep soundly.
In order to get one of these products, you are fitted by someone who specializes in dental devices. This ensures the item fits you perfectly and thus cuts down on any feelings of discomfort or awkwardness during use.
2) Masks and CPAP therapy choices
Possibly the most common course of action taken to treat apnea is a mask providing continuous airway pressure therapy, otherwise known as CPAP.
This solution basically consists of a mask that slips over either just your nose or both your nose and mouth. You wear it while you are sleeping, and a little tube that connects to the mask will also connect to a device administering a steady amount of air pressure while you breathe. This keeps your breathing passage open so you don’t experience apnea issues.
The benefits of this choice are that the machine is virtually soundless and you don’t need to take any medication or have invasive surgeries to treat the disease. Most doctors prefer this course of treatment for the problem.
3) Surgery
Sometimes, wearing an apparatus while sleeping isn’t an option for patients, or they simply don’t want to. If this is the case, surgery is a possibility. However, it doesn’t always completely solve the problem, and often you could need more than one procedure. Even if the symptoms improve after this invasive course, sometimes individuals still find they must use the CPAP mask afterward.
4) Weight loss programs
One of the simplest, most cost-effective and non-invasive ways to treat apnea is by undergoing weight loss. By exercising and altering your diet, the symptoms often disappear or are drastically lessened.
While one or more of these obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) treatment options may not be possible for you, chances are there is something available to improve your quality of life. If you consult your physician to be tested today, you can begin the process of overcoming this common disease.
Keith, a longtime obstructive sleep apnea sufferer, has found resources like WakeUpToSleep.com to be extremely beneficial in explaining the various treatment options for this disease. As a writer, he is thrilled to be able to share his wealth of knowledge with others.
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More and more people are considering gastric sleeves and other weight loss surgery options as treatments for dangerous levels of obesity. While most of us hope we are able to control our weight through diet and exercise alone, the unfortunate reality is that some people find their weight problems don't respond to simple calorie counting – for a variety of reasons, they may find themselves excessively obese and none of the normal weight loss fads seem to have an effect.
That makes gastric sleeve surgery, a simple weight loss surgery procedure, an attractive option. A gastric sleeve can restrict how much food you are able to eat and thus how many calories you absorb, fundamentally changing how your body works. But what can you eat once you have a gastric sleeve? Here's everything you need to know about a proper gastric sleeve diet.
What is a Gastric Sleeve?
The gastric sleeve procedure is a surgery to change the size and shape of the stomach, altering how the body absorbs food. Normally the stomach can be seen as essentially a “bag”: it can hold a large amount of food which remains there for some time as nutrition is absorbed. However, by removing a portion of the stomach it can be reduced to about a fourth of its normal size, and reshaped like a “sleeve” that passes food through quickly. This is the gastric sleeve procedure.
This procedure doesn't just reduce how much food you can eat; it changes the stomach's activity at a basic level. One of the major benefits of a gastric sleeve procedure is that the part of the stomach that remains is largely unable to produce ghrelin, a hormone that induces hunger and tells the body to crave calories. With less ghrelin, eating patterns are easier to change and satiety is easier to accomplish.
Additionally, the body absorbs fewer calories from food because it spends less time in the stomach.
The Gastric Sleeve Diet
A gastric sleeve is not reversible, and it alters how and what you can eat. Following the prescribed diet is vital to both post-surgery recovery and long term health and safety.
You will need to work with your doctor or a dietitian to create a personal diet that addresses all of your unique health needs, but as a general rule you can expect your diet to progress in four parts:
Right after surgery.
In the days after surgery, you will need to consume only clear liquids, totaling less than 1,000 calories per day. You will also need to consume a large amount of water to stay hydrated.
First two weeks.
For about two weeks after surgery, you can consume a wider variety of liquids but no solid food, and must stay within 500-1,000 calories a day. Hydration remains important, as is receiving enough protein – often from protein powders dissolved in water.
First two months.
During the rest of the two months following surgery you will be able to eat some soft and moist foods, as long as you are able to effectively puree them with your teeth. Seeds, crunchy foods and raw fruit or vegetables absolutely cannot be consumed. Calories must be under 1,400 a day and protein should be about 30% of your diet.
Once the above stages are complete, you can return to a more normal diet but should never go over 1,600 calories per day, and never more than 300-400 per meal. You still need to split your calories about 30% protein, 30% fat and the rest can be carbs. Fiber and a proper balance of vitamins will also be important.
This is just an example of a gastric sleeve diet, but most will be similar. At all times it's vital to follow your doctor's directions. It's important to remember that undergoing gastric sleeve surgery is a lifelong commitment to carefully control your diet.
Andrew's Aunt just went through a gastric sleeve procedure. Throughout her recovery he took note of a few things and decided to share them with others.
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"Chiropractic medicine dates back to the end of the 19th century when Daniel Palmer first developed systems for bonesetting and treating subluxations."
Medical doctors in one form or another have been around since the first civilizations thousands of years ago. But chiropracty has only been an established field of study and treatment for less than two hundred years.
The Father of Modern Chiropractic Medicine
Daniel David “D. D.” Palmer is generally credited with being the father of modern chiropractic treatment. According to various sources, Palmer performed his first adjustment in 1895 on a deaf janitor. His treatment combined elements of then-practiced treatments called bonesetting and magnetic healing.
How Subluxations were First Treated
In the 19th century, most physicians felt that fixing broken bones was not really worth their time or effort so patients went to a bonesetter. In addition to setting broken limbs, they also treated subluxations, which are partial dislocations. The treatment was to wrench the joint back into place.
In addition to discovering specific spinal adjustment Palmer also developed the philosophy of chiropractic treatment that became the foundation for the profession.
“I am not the first person to replace subluxated vertebrae,” Palmer once said, “but I do claim to be the first person to replace displaced vertebrae by using the spinous and transverse processes as levers...and to develop the philosophy and science of chiropractic adjustments.
About Daniel David “D. D.” Palmer
Palmer was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1845 and moved to the United States when he was 20 years old, eventually settling in Davenport, Iowa. In 1885, He became interested in magnetic healing and opened the Palmer Cure & Infirmary a couple years later.
In September 1895, Palmer learned that his office janitor, Harvey Lillard, had normal hearing for most of his life until the day he had been hunched over and felt something pop in his back. When he stood up, he couldn’t hear anymore. Palmer suspected the deafness and pop were related. So he checked the janitor’s back.
“I reasoned that if that vertebra was replaced, the man’s hearing should be restored,” he wrote in his notes. “With this object in view, a half hour’s talk persuaded Mr. Lillard to allow me to replace it. I racked it into position by using the spinous process as a lever, and soon the man could hear as before.”
Where did the Word Chiropractic Originate?
After that, Palmer perfected what he called hand treatments. He later coined the word chiropractic, which comes from the Greek words chiro (hand) and practic (operation).
He changed the name of his clinic to the Palmer School & Infirmary of Chiropractic and started accepting students in 1898.
Palmer believed spinal health affected overall health and could be the cause of myriad of ailments such as migraines because spinal adjustments to correct vertebral misalignments eliminated the nerve interference causing the patients’ complaints.
Although the chiropractic treatments have advanced significantly since Palmer’s time, the basic philosophy of a drug-free method of correcting vertebral subluxations remains.
My name is Ryan and I like to share information about healthcare-related issues, such as facts you should know about chiropractic, how to prevent injury when working out, and where to locate the best chiropractic care in South Scottsdale, AZ.
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"Sustaining a head injury can be life changing and the road to recovery can be a long and draining one. Here 7 myths of recovery"
The actual head injury recovery process
There are many self-help sites and books about brain injury (BI) recovery, but the simple fact is you will get better when your body feels well enough and begins to heal. That is not to say you should just sit and wait, but the process of recovery from brain injury is as unique to you as your BI itself. Treat it as special rather than a nuisance – recovery from any surgery or injury can be frustrating, but also rewarding when you start to see real progress which is sustained. Recovery can be a stop-start-going backwards process – and is as much an adventure of self-rediscovery and new self-discovery as recovery.
Head injury recovery takes place in the first year
This is not always true – the first year can give doctors and therapists a good idea of how you have been affected by your brain injury and perhaps how long it might take to recover. However, patients with brain injury progress towards normal life at a pace which is suitable for them and the injury – and continue progressing in most cases, especially as therapies and treatment advance. There is also nothing quite as satisfying as proving doctors wrong, so keep working steadily towards recovery and don’t get despondent if you feel you are not making as much progress as you would like – a breakthrough can happen at any time.
The head injury recovery “plateau”
The general feeling about head injury is that it gets underway and you improve noticeably, before improvement tails off and you hit a recovery plateau. Head injury patients can make progress at any time – and learn new skills or make new memories. UK neuroscientist Professor Adrian Owen has discovered even people supposedly in a persistent vegetative state are aware of their surroundings, are aware of new relationships in their lives (eg nieces or nephews born after their head injury) – and their brain reacts to instructions even if they are unable to communicate verbally or physically.
Making friends with Medication
After brain injury you may be presented with a medicine chest to help treat a wide array of problems. All medications have side effects and interact with each other – and even herbal or complementary medicines from a health food shop can cause adverse reactions or interact with pharmaceuticals. Some drugs can also result in the opposite of their intended effect after brain injury, or if you take them and do not need them – for example, people without schizophrenia who take drugs to treat the condition may develop it because the drugs alter the way the neurotransmitters in the brain work. Discuss with your doctor the medications which will suit you and will help with any symptoms of your brain injury, such as drugs to treat seizures or pain – but don’t rely on drugs as the solution to recovery, or go to the extreme and try and cope without drugs if they do help you.
The IQ Test
Some patients with head injury may be subjected to IQ tests to measure their progress – a normal IQ (ie over 100) may indicate a return to normalcy, some health specialists think. However, IQ is nothing to with a return to normalcy after head injury – even if you can be bothered to apply yourself to the test in the first place. IQ tests usually measure logic and reasoning – but a certain type of logic and reasoning and some experts believe that with practice, people can learn how to score well on IQ tests. After head injury, you need to be able to function as well as possible in daily life – and enjoy as much of your life as possible (and even your therapies and treatments). Professor Stephen Hawking has an IQ of 160 – less than 1% of the population scores this highly, but he is probably more enthusiastic and focused about his work and daily life than his IQ and so should you be.
Rehabilitation
Cognitive therapies are now being used to treat a wide range of different conditions, from depression to lack of self-esteem. However, reprogramming the brain might seem like a cure for all ills, but therapies can sometimes be in the form of repetitive or tick-box solutions – or work by replacing negative attitudes with positive ones. In the case of neurolinguistic programming, experts say self-esteem and how well you interact with others can be changed by simply replacing words which convey negative thoughts with positive ones. Head injury and recovery from it can make you angry, however – and sometimes feel defeated. This is human nature and is perfectly normal and acceptable. These low periods are often necessary on the road to recovery as reflection helps you come to terms with what has happened and go forward from it. Retraining by repetition can help you on your way to recovery – and many therapies use this – but the warm support of family and friends you can feel at ease with can be the best rehab.
The Miracle Cure
Any patient with a serious condition or disease will be tempted to scour the world – or the World Wide Web – looking or a definitive cure for their condition to restore them to their previous health. This can be disappointing – but it is only human nature. Doctors generally are resistant to this type of over-optimism in patients, especially if alternative medicines or therapies are involved and these are untested. Faith is a great healer sometimes, though: one experiment found that patients who were prayed for during surgery – whether religious or not and whether they knew they were being prayed for or not – made a better recovery than other patients. Never give up – but be realistic and develop at your own pace, stick to your treatment plan and medication, and try as many new positive experiences in life as you can, as you never know which one may signal a new breakthrough in your progress.
Leo Wyatt is a freelance writer & journalist who graduated from Birmingham University and has particular interests in cars, sports, parenting, safety, politics, law and health. Leo has worked for several newspapers in the midlands but now spends most of his time writing articles for companies, websites and businesses on a freelance basis, primarily the brain injury experts who offer support and rehabilitation for individuals that require brain injury compensation services.
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Without the stability of
the knee that it provides, you’re causing massive amounts of stress to your
joints. Either way one looks at it, the
ACL needs to be repaired. Unfortunately
the only way to do that is through surgery.
Properly Diagnosing an ACL Tear
Sometimes it is impossible to diagnose without the help of a doctor. If there
is any doubt, you have to get it seen immediately. The bent knee trick, though, is something
that you can do now. If you can’t bend your knee at least a 90-degree angle,
you can bet you have a tear. If you
can’t walk on the leg in question then you have a problem.
There are cases where an
ACL tear doesn’t require surgery – or need surgery. This is why you have to go to a doctor to
determine that. For some, their activity
level and livelihood can affect the injury which is why a second look is always
a good idea. For other tears, though, surgery is required. If one partakes in
ACL surgery, the patient has to prepare for it both mentally and
physically. Surgery of any kind requires
a mental part to tackling the problem.
ACL Surgery
Prepping for an ACL
surgery requires some work. The goals of
post-surgery are to reduce any swelling in the knee, get a normal range of
motion for the knee, and walk somewhat normally. The latter may take a little time to do and
can take a couple months to heal depending on the injury. For each tear, a surgeon will have a
different take and method on the surgery.
A repaired ACL isn’t fixed
by just tying the ligament back together, though that would be nice. Using tendons from other parts of body as a
substitute for the torn ACL is an option (and probably the most popular option
amongst doctors). Some surgery is done
by opening the knee up (usually has a much longer recovery time) or
arthroscopically (which is how the majority of athletes who suffer the injury
like to have it done). There are
options, but connecting the ligaments or reattaching them is an important thing
to undertake, one that takes a skilled and steady hand. Not any surgeon can properly tackle ACL
tears.
Much like the rotator cuff
is for the upper body, the knee is the most important part of the body for the
lower half. As such, the range of motion
should be normal and care given to nurse these areas. A torn ACL hampers our ability to walk
normally, taking us out of being able to do our daily activities.
Bouncing Back from the Surgery
Bouncing back from ACL
surgery can be a challenge depending on your health before the tear, but almost
all of them come back to normal. When
you bounce back from surgery, your physical activities will be limited at
first. If you have an office job, you can return to work as quickly as a
week. Every case is different. Every knee is different. The
recovery time will determine how strong your knee will bounce back afterwards. It is important to note that anyone who has
an ACL tear can recover from it with no problem. It’s not the end of the world
by any means. It may seem that way, but there are options on recovery.
Once you can start back
with your daily routine, you should be fine. The problem is getting yourself in
the position to be able to do that. Don’t try to overdo it after surgery. If you feel soreness or any kind of
tenderness in your knee, stop. You don’t have to push it. When your body starts
talking to you, listen to it. Even the toughest athletes will have a difficult
time recovering sometimes.
Take your time in
recovering from surgery and you’ll be back and at it in no time. Nurse your
knee well and build up your strength. Anything can happen at any time so be
prepared.
Author Bio
Donna Shannon is a highly successful surgeon
practicing in Pasadena Heights, California. Donna recommends having ACL surgery
if you have a torn ACL because it can be your best chance at full knee
recovery.
