Thank you for sharing your story. It does help to hear when some gets through this. I’m going exactly what I’ve been told to do everyday but no one (except my doctor) has even mentioned scar tissue to me. I decided to call my massage therapist who did wonders for me a few years ago after my second back surgery. He said he can work on me to help break up the tissue but it wouldn’t be relaxing. LOL I went to see him directly after PT yesterday and I think between both, I over did it. I’m going to try every other day with both plus my exercises. I would love to know what you did at home to help the scar tissue.
I don’t even know where to begin. My whole knee is swollen and tight.

Well, I just followed my PT’s direction. Strength building exercises were the easy part, bending not so much. After warming up and massaging the scar tissue I’ll lie on my back, bring my thigh/knee in vertical position and take few deep breaths, with each exhale if you relax your body the the foot will come down a few mm. The key for me was to completly relax. Every morning the knee will be stuck let’s say at 80 degrees or so even though I’d have a knee bend of 110 or more at the therapist the day before. But I was able to loosen it up and match it pretty close to where the therapist had left me. Some times I’ll put my hiking boot on the foot to assist with the weight. I did the same with the therapist. I could never relax with her not knowing when she was going to push, so I followed my own procedure ther3. She just sat n3xt to me with measurement tool. Again, the key for me was to relax.

On a side note I’m pretty limber to start with which also helped me. I rarely sit on the couch at home, instead prefer sitt In on the carpet, that can amazingly make one more flexible.

I hope that it helps. Good luck to you!!!

Leg raises help with swelling. Legs up the wall pose, you can find that on line at yogajournal.com. I was asked to raise my leg at least four times a day.