Buillding Back Up

Right - well after a week of resting the knee, the stitches came out, and I could go swimming, which was my first allowable exercise since the op. SO off I headed to the pool for a gentle try out. To be honest this turned into a sauna session, but there's nothign wrong with that, didn't want to overdo it on my first trial, so I did 4 lengths, went in the sauna, did four lengths, went in the sauna, and so on. All seemed well, although a little achey the next day.

Then a few more swims over the next few days, including one where I did 20 lengths, and then off to the physio yesterday who seemed pleased with my progress and gave me some more exercises to do. He also let me have a go on the exercise bike and that seemed to go well too. With that in mind, I decided to do body pump this morning.

I started by speaking to Mel and saying I couldn't do squats or lunges and we worked out somethign I could do that involved stepping up onto a step, which was part of my physio exercises so killed two birds with one stone. It was great to be back exercising too. We also chatted about doing spin, and Mel said I could just do the first bit of a class and then leave eif it was too much for my knee. I'm going to give the spin bikes a go tomorrow and see how it goes, and then book in for a class next week if it doesn't hurt. I'll be using low gears and not doing much standing though.

Then into the pool for a bi more of a swim and a sauna where I talked physio with a woman who'd just had a THR (Total Hip Replacement).

It's great to be back exercising :-)