MIKE FIRST PHYSICAL THERAPY SESSION SINCE SURGERY

Added: 2026-05-05

[00:00:00]What's up DGF gang gang gang gang gang.

[00:00:05]As you can see by the title of this video, Mike first day at therapy.

[00:00:14]>> Yes.

[00:00:14]>> Are you ready for invisible?

[00:00:18]>> So you checking him in.

[00:00:25]>> Uhhuh.

[00:00:27]>> And he's right there. Yeah, we try.

[00:00:29]>> Okay.

[00:00:31]>> Let me know when you're ready.

[00:00:37]>> So, um, let me check him in and I'll be right back.

[00:00:41]>> So, I currently got him checked in.

[00:00:45]We're just one. Hello.

[00:00:47]>> Good morning.

[00:00:48]>> Doing okay.

[00:00:49]>> Uh-huh.

[00:00:49]>> Good.

[00:00:50]>> Mhm.

[00:00:50]>> How are you?

[00:00:52]>> Mhm.

[00:00:52]>> Just okay.

[00:00:54]>> How's everything feel?

[00:00:55]>> Okay. We're waiting um on his physical therapy, but let me give y'all a view of it.

[00:01:02]>> Okay.

[00:01:07]>> Okay.

[00:01:09]>> Okay. Okay. Um how much movement are you able to do? Can you move a little bit?

[00:01:14]>> Okay.

[00:01:16]To do >> on your own?

[00:01:19]>> I mean, he didn't really tell me to do it, but he just told me to like do this.

[00:01:22]>> Make pumps.

[00:01:23]>> Yeah.

[00:01:23]>> Okay. So, you've been doing that?

[00:01:25]>> Yeah, I've been leg.

[00:01:27]>> All right.

[00:01:29]Any problems with your right leg?

[00:01:31]>> No, sir.

[00:01:32]>> How long you been playing?

[00:01:35]>> Like football? Like >> I've been playing since like when I started like actual hitting probably like when was this like sixth grade?

[00:01:45]>> And you want to continue right after?

[00:01:48]Just want to make sure.

[00:01:50]>> What position? Wide >> receiver. All right.

[00:01:59]I'm sorry. You said you've not been having a lot of pain.

[00:02:01]>> No.

[00:02:01]>> So, you would say zero out of 10.

[00:02:03]>> Yeah. Okay.

[00:02:05]>> So, y'all just looking at it and everything. Looks like >> he going to recover pretty good. Look, like it's just going to help him get that feeling. I mean, help him learn how to support that knee again and get him back on that field. You guys, I am so excited for him. It's the first phase. Um, we're not in a rush for him to recover.

[00:02:36]Just want to make sure everything go good. But answer this song. This is Papa E. and I'll get back with you guys.

[00:02:46]>> Exercises to do on your own.

[00:02:48]>> I mean, he didn't really tell me to do it, but he just told me to like do this >> ankle pumps.

[00:02:53]>> Yeah.

[00:02:53]>> Okay. So, you've been doing that?

[00:02:54]>> Yeah, I've been doing ankle pumps.

[00:02:57]>> All right.

[00:02:58]Any problems with your right leg?

[00:03:00]>> No, sir.

[00:03:02]>> How long you been playing >> like football? Like >> I've been playing since like when I started like actual hitting probably like >> when was this like He's great.

[00:03:15]>> And you want to continue right after?

[00:03:17]>> Just want to make sure.

[00:03:21]>> Prior surgeries, conditions, heart conditions, >> to go home with beyond the ankle pumps, still continue the ankle pumps. That's good to do just to prevent clotting and just keep things active.

[00:03:42]That's good. So, yeah, you can kick back and relax.

[00:03:47]Bring up both legs there for me. Just come up all the way up.

[00:03:53]>> No allergies.

[00:03:54]>> No, sir.

[00:03:58]>> Have you uh You like football, right?

[00:04:01]>> Yes, sir.

[00:04:01]>> I assume. Have you watched the new Orlando Storm yet?

[00:04:05]>> You know what I'm talking about?

[00:04:06]>> No.

[00:04:07]>> It's a new UFFL >> pro league.

[00:04:12]It's pretty cool. I watched the first opening game. It was actually pretty entertaining football.

[00:04:19]>> Out of the soccer stadium.

[00:04:21]>> Oh, okay.

[00:04:23]>> Orlando. Orlando has a team.

[00:04:25]>> I guess Jacksonville's going to play here, right? Did you hear?

[00:04:29]>> Yeah, I heard about that.

[00:04:30]>> Yeah, I did hear about that one, too. On the nose. So, he's going to start.

[00:04:34]>> And are you on vacations right now?

[00:04:36]>> No.

[00:04:39]Just going to start movement.

[00:04:42]>> All right. It's very subtle, but try to avoid the rotation at the hip. See your hips are coming out.

[00:04:51]>> Uh you know, you're in this brace, but either way, like there's some movement that occurs in in the within the brace.

[00:04:58]So, if it's to the side and gravity's kind of pushing down at an awkward angle, um we're going to actually lock it for purposes of the ring. I'm going to range of motion within your limits.

[00:05:10]Uh and and just to be clear, uh it's locked to 90 and it we shouldn't go past 90 for this first four weeks.

[00:05:17]>> It's so hard not to unlock >> to unlock it.

[00:05:19]>> Yeah.

[00:05:20]>> Yeah, I know. It's not the most comfortable thing.

[00:05:23]>> Yeah, you're right. It takes a lot of effort there.

[00:05:26]>> Um what does that say? Oh. Uh, just to avoid the because like if it's constantly there can be a little twist that occurs like the the tibia femur >> and that's just something we want to avoid for the ACL. So just be mindful of that.

[00:05:39]>> Okay.

[00:05:40]>> All right. So show me your range of motion on this side. How far can you bend the knee back >> and then straight?

[00:05:46]Good.

[00:05:48]All right. Slowly. And I'll take this uh shoe off here.

[00:05:53]>> So I want you to >> Thank you.

[00:05:59]Thank you.

[00:06:00]>> I want you to very gently slide your heel. So, don't lift it. Just slide it back. Just go back as far as you can until there's pain. Stop it.

[00:06:08]>> Oh, shoot. I'll get it. Don't worry about it.

[00:06:11]>> Right about there. Still uncomfortable.

[00:06:14]All right. About 74.

[00:06:17]Yeah. And then bring it back down.

[00:06:20]>> Okay. Any pain on the way down?

[00:06:21]>> Looks good.

[00:06:23]>> It's pretty good. Yeah, cuz again, we only want within 90 for four weeks. He's He's probably And I assume if we got him moving a little bit, he'd probably loosen up a little bit.

[00:06:31]>> Mhm.

[00:06:31]>> Um try to tighten.

[00:06:32]>> Yeah. Yeah. I I definitely not.

[00:06:35]>> Yeah. You've been there. Yeah. So, squeeze that muscle there. Tighten that muscle.

[00:06:40]>> Like how you want me to like >> So, just try to contract. Yeah. Like that. Yeah. Yeah. Can you do that yet?

[00:06:46]Oh. Oh. Hold it. One, two. Hold it for five. One, two, three, four, five. Then relax. Any pain?

[00:06:52]>> Yeah.

[00:06:52]>> A little bit. Is it sharp?

[00:06:54]>> No. Not bad.

[00:06:55]>> All right. a little sore. All right, try to tighten it one more time. I'm just going to get a measurement on your straight. So, squeeze it.

[00:07:01]>> It's hard to do, huh?

[00:07:02]>> Tell the truth. So, um I seen with Michael said that it hurt it a little bit, but it's going to get better. You still not even a month in and already doing good. He already been in it pretty good, which is, you know, a blessing.

[00:07:25]Yeah, I got on these shades, y'all, because this light, for some reason, the light in here, it just bothers my eyes and needs help.

[00:07:34]So, wait on him to come back and go from there, you guys. So, stay tuned.

[00:07:47]>> About seven, seven or eight.

[00:07:52]>> It's cool. It's a cool logo. I'll give you that. Good. Good. Cool mascot. All right. Um, uh, let's do this. Uh, you can keep it.

[00:08:01]It's unlocked, right? So, sometimes if you have a little feedback, it helps, right? A little support. So, toe up.

[00:08:11]So, you're going to try to basically when you try to tighten this muscle, you're going to try to like press the back of the knee flat into the towel to give you feedback. So, just squeeze. So squeeze here and you're going to try to straighten the knee into that towel roll almost like you're pressing it down. You feel that towel roll back there?

[00:08:27]>> Yeah. So try to tighten it down into like flatten it into the >> Yep. Just there you go. So it wasn't from the hip and then and then relax.

[00:08:37]Try to relax.

[00:08:39]>> And again.

[00:08:42]Okay. Relax.

[00:08:45]So there's a lot of squeezing up here and down here. So, just let this drop and >> just try to contract here.

[00:08:52]>> All right.

[00:08:53]>> Yep. And just try to reproduce that right there. And then relax.

[00:08:58]>> Okay. I got some activation there again.

[00:09:01]Yep. So, I'm okay if you get hip activation as long as you're activating here. If it's helping you, which you are, you're getting some recruitment there. But this towel roll gives you a little feedback. It helps you have a little bit of resistance to squeeze into and it helps give you some support. is I feel less pressure with the towel underneath.

[00:09:18]>> So, I just want you to practice waking up the quad and getting it firing.

[00:09:21]That'd be like a couple sets of 10. Only two sets of 10. You can do it, you know, two, three times a day if you can, just to kind of get that squad firing on top of the pumps. So, if you're doing the pumps, you're going one, two, three, four, five. Pulling up one, two with the ankle pumps.

[00:09:36]>> Oh, >> so push down one, two, >> like this.

[00:09:38]>> Yeah. Don't worry about this now. Just just just push push down, pull up. It's obviously easier if your foot's off the end of the table.

[00:09:45]>> But, you know, that's like I would do that like on the hour just to get it moving.

[00:09:49]>> Okay. So, just like 20 times, you know.

[00:09:51]>> Um, and then you can just tighten the glute just to keep it active just like the quad. Those are all fine to do. Just keep things above and below active.

[00:09:59]>> Um, okay.

[00:10:00]>> Let's see on that. Good one. So, I know it's normal for you. So, let's have actually have you go onto your uh let's see if you can tolerate lying on your left side on your actual affected side. So, you're going to turn this way. So, just be careful, you know, keep your quad engaged as you're pulling here and then just try to let your head rest and keep this leg straight for me and just try to kick this leg up. Yeah. Just hold it up there. Don't let me push it down. Right.

[00:10:28]Pull it strong. Good. You think you can get on your stomach?

[00:10:32]Just go down flat for me.

[00:10:35]So, we're just checking strength uh on your good side just to make sure you got good strength and so we know what to rehab your left side. So, can you kick this one straight up?

[00:10:44]>> Yeah. Hold it there. Hold it. Good. Can you bother?

[00:10:47]>> No.

[00:10:48]>> Okay. You can come on up. Let's see.

[00:10:50]Let's have you sit on the side for me.

[00:10:53]Just opposite.

[00:10:57]All right.

[00:11:17]All right. In this position, can you bring this knee up? Hold it strong.

[00:11:21]Good. All right. And try to kick the knee straight. Don't let me bend it.

[00:11:27]Good. And then bend the knee.

[00:11:29]Bend it. Hold it there. Good. All right.

[00:11:33]Let's check your lower leg strength.

[00:11:34]This is something we can do for both.

[00:11:37]So, if I hold uh your foot, just pull the foot towards you. Just like that.

[00:11:41]Like this.

[00:11:42]>> Like this.

[00:11:42]>> Oh, hold on one second. Just like that.

[00:11:45]Pull. Yeah. Hold it strong. Push down.

[00:11:48]Hold strong. Good. All right. Let's see if we got good strength in that one. I'm going to squeeze in here. You can rest it on my hand there. So, Yep. Just the foot.

[00:11:57]Just pull that foot up. There you go.

[00:11:59]Hold it. Good. Push down. Hold it. Good.

[00:12:02]Any pain?

[00:12:03]>> Okay. Support that down there.

[00:12:10]Put that down there.

[00:12:13]Try that now. See if it helps.

[00:12:16]I'll give him a print on this.

[00:12:18]>> Okay.

[00:12:22]>> It'll be easier, right? So, we're just trying to get it moving, but it should stay supported on the bed.

[00:12:27]>> You should keep your knee, don't let it turn in and out, and you just stay within that 90°. You avoid sharp pain.

[00:12:33]Just listening to your body, but we're just trying to keep it moving within the available range.

[00:12:39]>> All right.

[00:12:39]>> So, that'll be like one to two sets of 10 with a 5second hold up, 5 second hold down two to three times a day.

[00:12:48]>> Okay.

[00:12:48]>> Deal.

[00:12:50]>> Deal.

[00:12:50]>> All right. Good.

[00:12:55]Good job, Mike.

[00:12:58]>> Good job. What's up? What's up, y'all?

[00:13:01]Listen. Look, I looked so different on that D on the camera earlier when I was at that place. I had caught a little headache, a little dehydration headache from yesterday. I ain't When we got back from the water park yesterday, >> when we got back from the water part yesterday, I ain't really I ain't really have no um no water like that. So >> we ain't drink no water out there. We a drink. We probably drunk like one. I barely drunk water out there. I had power ring. But that was show draining.

[00:13:29]When I got in that bed, when I took a shower, got in that bed, man. Man, man.

[00:13:33]Oh my goodness.

[00:13:35]>> I was I slept so good.

[00:13:36]>> Yeah, I did sleep good, too. Yeah, >> I wanted to get up early this morning, but I was like, it's Monday. I might have to get a little extra sleep, sleep in a little bit. And it was well needed.

[00:13:48]Thank God.

[00:13:49]>> Exactly. So, Mike end up um everything went good with physical therapy with Mike. We got um all the appointments done. Well, all the appointments scheduled. So, he will be going twice, I think. Twice. No, he will be going one time a one time. One time for the um one time a week for 3 weeks and then they going to switch it to two times a week and we're pretty much done. I mean, that's it. Then from there I think for 6 weeks >> and they'll see how he you know everything going. But the man say he actually really moving it really really good but they want to make sure they take their time and everything you know >> you know he take his time and stuff but um y'all know out there.

[00:14:33]>> Yeah. So um but other than that everything y'all seen the movement he's making um with his leg and y'all seen the see the progress that he's also making which is a good thing. And I'm just proud of him. And I think I really really think that they they going to release him a little early. Hopefully Mike will probably be back good the end of the beginning of August or the end of August. So, >> you know, for the season. So, we going to pray and hope >> that um he do. And other than that, everything good, you know, but Michaela end up coming um to the appointment with me. Uh yeah, when he was almost done. So y'all, I'm rubbing my head cuz I got like a little headache today. Uh I've been drinking water. I ain't drink enough though. But I got me I'm on my second bottle right now. So um but yeah, >> okay.

[00:15:26]>> I need to drink me some.

[00:15:27]>> Exactly.

[00:15:28]>> Take my vitamins and drink my water.

[00:15:30]>> Exactly.

[00:15:31]>> So tomorrow I can be crump and running.

[00:15:33]>> Yeah. A Monday is like a Sunday to me.

[00:15:35]Monday.

[00:15:37]>> It actually looked like it was for the rain earlier. So, um yeah, that's our video for today. Mike, um started his first physical therapy today. So, um yeah, we just wanted to keep you guys, you know, updated and we love y'all. We love y'all. So, y'all continue to like, comment, and subscribe. And DGF gang, we is out.