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TKR Manipulation 5 weeks after TKR
@wfu99 for whatever reason I have not been getting email that there have been posts on this thread. Glad to hear your manipulation went well. How far were they able to get you under anesthesia? The first few days after the MUA I made steady progress at one point I got up to 85. At the end of...- burbn8r
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TKR Manipulation 5 weeks after TKR
wfu99, best of luck to you on your MUA Friday. I was given a femoral nerve block with mine which I highly recommend. It was such a treat to have a nerve block that lasted longer than the procedure. Will you be getting or do you have a CPM machine to use after the procedure? I have set up a...- burbn8r
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TKR Manipulation 5 weeks after TKR
I thought I would update you all on my situation. In the 2 weeks prior to my MUA my knee got progressively worse. It got tighter and tighter until it was hard and these was no play in the patella at all. The reason my surgeon wanted the MUA done so soon it because he suspected I had formed...- burbn8r
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TKR Manipulation 5 weeks after TKR
Celle, Thanks for your prompt response and all the information. I have been using an icing unit almost 24/7 since immediately post op along with gel pacs to ice the underside of the knee. Swelling was so extreme that I actually killed my first icing unit from overuse and broke 2 inflateable...- burbn8r
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TKR Manipulation 5 weeks after TKR
I am 4 weeks post TKR on my right knee. I had the procedure 12/1. The TKR was my 5th open procedure on that knee. The previous surgeries included a patellar tendon plasty, A TTT, and a patellofemoral joint (kneecap) replacement. Due to my surgical history numerous doctors refused to attempt a...- burbn8r
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