exercise the broken

The physiotherapist came.
She taught me how to exercise the broken ankle.
She explained it would help my muscle before the operation.

1. Keep moving the toes for blood circulation.
2. Bend my right leg.
3. Lift the entire right leg.

moving the toes were okay.
But I shaked terribly while lifting the right leg.

"Your right leg did not have enough strength. Keep this up," said the physiotherpist.

Lifting a painful leg, which was wearing a plaster.
Heavy indeed.

But the exercise helped a lot when my foot lost feeling.