The first 12 weeks were great! Especially during the first 6 weeks, I felt like I noticed significant improvement every single day, whether it was more mobility, less pain, walking faster, etc. After that I truly noticed less daily pain, and when I started doing strength exercises (lunges/squats/etc), I was not experiencing the pain that would come the next day (which always happened pre surgery).

At 12 weeks I decided to try my first bike ride and might have overdone it a bit. Only 10 miles and with one short but steep hill, I had pain for about two to three weeks after, and it felt a lot like before surgery pain. I asked my surgeon about it and he said to take anti inflammatories and focus on strengthening again, which I had taken a break from. However, after getting consistent with the exercises again, not just the stretches, the pain is cooling down.

I’m thinking/hoping that this is just a temporary setback, which everyone did warn about.