Does icing and elevating your knee after ACL surgery help?!
Question:
Does icing and elevating your knee after ACL surgery help?
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Answers:
YES!! Absolutely Yes!!!
it keeps the swelling down.
Take your pain meds on time so you don't get stuck in pain and not able to get out of the pain.
I have just gone thru a 3 week knee injection of www.orthovisc.com injections, and the swelling on injections 1 and 3 have been really bad!! I don't know what i would have done w/o my ice bags on for 20 minutes and off for 20 and back on. Elevated really helped too!
I used a towell and tied the bags to my knees, wrapped them around. I had a friend go out and buy my 10 ice trays and the old fashioned ice bag, which i refrigerated when not in use.
It stayed cold for 12 hours! dang!
I took my pain meds, stayed in bed as doctor ordered for first 48 hours due to swelling at injection site.
the first week i didn't listen and suffered for it.
Call someone, and if and when anyone calls you, and asks if they can help, or let me know if I can help...
TELL THEM TO bring you a bag of ice and an ice pack!
*nicely!
Let them help you, fluff your 2-3 pillows and elevate that knee, and use your crutches/cane, or whatever when you go potty.
The 2nd and 3rd day are the hardest.
BUT this too will pass, and in 6 weeks you will be in physical therapy and kicking booty and ready to rock and roll by August!!
I wish you the best of luck.
I took aleve, and ice, ice, iced baby and elevated,
***AND the hardest thing-- LET PEOPLE HELP ME!!
WHEN people offer to help-- TELL THEM WHAT YOU NEED!
i feel for you and wish you a speedy recovery!!!