Aspergers and physical therapy

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I would like to hear from anyone who has had physical therapy after an injury, and had problems with that due to their Asperger's.

My situation is that I am a 50-year-old female who had a left knee replacement about 8 weeks ago. The surgeon says my recovery is 'not normal', meaning that it is very slow. I know that I am a slow healer. I am not getting back full extension or bending of the knee, still walk with a cane and have a very bad limp.

I go to physical therapy 3 times a week. The problem I am having is that after physical therapy, I am laid up for 3 or 4 days with extreme pain and stiffness of that knee and leg. I know that how I perceive pain is different from other people. I completely tore my ACL some months ago and didn't even know it. The pain I feel after physical therapy is not normal, either, I think. Even when the doc goes easy on me, I have a lot of pain after.

I would like ideas or information about modifying physical therapy for Asperger's adults. I have searched on the internet and haven't found anything.

I have cranio-sacral therapy. I didn't have an accident but I do have kyphosis and very slight scoliosis.

I don't really have much advice to give, but I can share my physical therapy experience. After my car wreck two years ago, I had about 4 months of physical therapy, 3 times a week. I had broken both the tibia and fibula of my right leg.

I didn't experience much pain, and my recovery was quicker than anyone expected. I did, however, at first feel they pushed me too fast. I actually fought with them several times. Like when they wanted me to balance on my bad leg alone and stand on my toes. I tried, and my leg was not yet strong enough to do it. Though it hurt, I understood that it would help strengthen it up, so I tried. What made me mad was when I was unsuccessful at first, I was accused of 'not trying hard enough'. I didn't appreciate that. I WAS trying, painfully. Still kind of makes me mad.