Early April 2018, I had a fall at work in which I fractured my kneecap, surgical repair occurred the following day, and three days later I was back home.
I struggled with obtaining appropriate pain relief post-surgery for 12 months. Relief was finally obtained in a pain management procedure; however, the effects wore off within a further 12 months and I was again struggling with increasing pain.
Rehab was a slow, painful struggle. Both hydrotherapy and a gym-based program provided limited improvements to my mobility and two years post-injury, I was reliant on a walking stick and a leg rest when working at a desk, still unable to manage sitting behind the wheel and effectively physically unable to drive and was determined to have a permanent impairment to my knee.
At the time I was introduced to OSKA, I was on my second medication-based pain management trial, however, the impact to my cognitive ability was severely impacting my ability to work. Approximately 10 weeks later, my sleep has improved, my mind is clear, I am less fatigued, and my pain is negligible, I have not used my walking stick for seven weeks, and the degree of flexibility and movement is almost equal to that of my other knee. Yesterday, I walked 4km over a two-hour period, and while I was starting to feel it towards the end, I did not lose any freedom of movement in the evening and felt no effect on waking this morning.
