JulesOA
junior member
- Joined
- Dec 9, 2022
- Messages
- 30
- Age
- 53
- Country
- United States
- Gender
- Female
I had my right TKR done on November 7th as an outpatient procedure at a surgical center. I had a home nurse and home PT for the first four days, then started outpatient PT five days post-op with my regular therapist. Two weeks post-op I was back to work and driving, both out of necessity due to cost of time off (my surgeon was aware of my situation prior to surgery and was agreeable to me going back that fast).
Two days ago (four weeks post-op), I caught myself when my chair started to move as I was sitting down and tore part of my quad muscle. My surgeon checked me out and found that the prosthesis, quad tendon, and surrounding ligaments were all fine, so we were both relieved. It’s just a little set-back. The PT I did that morning will be a little more difficult for awhile as we were adding foot over foot stairs and single leg weight bearing step-ups, so I will not practice those until I see my therapist again on Monday.
I'm struggling a little with pain from a very tight hamstring (the medial branch or semimembranosus) as well as a tight IT band. Any help from those who have had similar problems would be greatly appreciated. My therapist has massaged and taped my hamstring but has not been able to release it yet.
I am hopeful for a good recovery overall, and look forward to learning a lot from all of the members here who have gone through this already and those that are on the same journey now.
Eventually, my left knee will need a TKR as well, but hopefully the HA injections I get every six months will continue to work well for that one for a long time.
Two days ago (four weeks post-op), I caught myself when my chair started to move as I was sitting down and tore part of my quad muscle. My surgeon checked me out and found that the prosthesis, quad tendon, and surrounding ligaments were all fine, so we were both relieved. It’s just a little set-back. The PT I did that morning will be a little more difficult for awhile as we were adding foot over foot stairs and single leg weight bearing step-ups, so I will not practice those until I see my therapist again on Monday.
I'm struggling a little with pain from a very tight hamstring (the medial branch or semimembranosus) as well as a tight IT band. Any help from those who have had similar problems would be greatly appreciated. My therapist has massaged and taped my hamstring but has not been able to release it yet.
I am hopeful for a good recovery overall, and look forward to learning a lot from all of the members here who have gone through this already and those that are on the same journey now.
Eventually, my left knee will need a TKR as well, but hopefully the HA injections I get every six months will continue to work well for that one for a long time.