4 weeks + 5 days post op. 1 step back, 2 steps forwards

One step back, two steps forward

Nick visited the physio again this evening. To his delight he seems to be better now than he was pre his flare-up. His straight leg raise is now about 50 degrees and he can reach about two inches below his knees. He has no sciatica, even when she raises his leg. He does have incredibly tight hamstrings and it is this tightness, rather than sciatic pain, that prevents him raising his leg further. We regard this as good news, because we know that we can loosen his hamstrings.

He has some additional exercises - see page '4 weeks (post flare-up) exercises' and is back to a little cycling and some swimming. He is beginning to think about how he will cope when he goes back to school which we are hoping he will do next week. So tomorrow I need to start talking to the school again about his return.

So, it looks like he took one step back but two steps forwards.

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