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    TKR Worried about ROM, swelling, and general lack of progress

    Thanks Praise. I tried it this morning and I think it will work well. I don't know why my therapist didn't tell me about this. It seems like he just has his set plan and I have to pull anything that differs out of him.
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    TKR Worried about ROM, swelling, and general lack of progress

    When do physicians and therapists typically measure ROM? I've noticed mine is better after exercise and wondered if there is any certain system to their timing in measuring it. Since mine is better after warm up I'm thinking of asking that it be measured then.
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    TKR Worried about ROM, swelling, and general lack of progress

    Thanks Jamie. I'm gonna give that a try. I looked at the elevating illustrations, Skigirl. I'm gonna work more on perfecting that. I'm becoming habitual, almost obsessive about icing and elevating after being up for a while. it has felt better today. I did an easy morning PT and it stiffened up...
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    TKR Worried about ROM, swelling, and general lack of progress

    Josephine was right that I should have chosen one activity or the other, not both. That's a lesson I think I have learned. I'm also learning that I wasn't icing and elevating enough. I would ice less on days when it felt better but now I realize that at this early stage I need to ice more...
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    TKR Worried about ROM, swelling, and general lack of progress

    Thanks Josephine. I did read your latest recovery threads and you certainly had a rough time. I've also spent the last two days reading many other recovery threads. My knee feels a little better this afternoon but is still stiff and swollen. I took it very easy again today and cancelled my PT...
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    TKR Worried about ROM, swelling, and general lack of progress

    I had a good day yesterday. The knee felt pretty decent all day. I was able to eat out for lunch although I did take the ice pack along and wore it while at the restaurant. Also wore it for the ride to the restaurant. Then we went to Target where I rode around in one of their handicap carts, a...
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    TKR Worried about ROM, swelling, and general lack of progress

    I think that's what I have. Is there anything else to do besides ice and elevate? Also, my quads are very tight. Does anyone have any tips for reducing that tension?
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    TKR Worried about ROM, swelling, and general lack of progress

    Thanks for the nice encouraging response Josephine. I read your latest recovery thread. I'm envious of your rom but don't think I would trade all the other difficulties you've had to get the rom. You're a tough cookie. My knee felt good yesterday and I did way too much. I have to learn to be...
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    TKR Worried about ROM, swelling, and general lack of progress

    I probably won't allow him to do it. But I'am gonna use that as a little extra motivation for me to push. I'm being very careful and methodical about it. I'm gonna make a tool so I can measure how high I can get my knee when doing heel slides. I mean heel slides without a strap to pull or any...
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    TKR Worried about ROM, swelling, and general lack of progress

    I had my two week post op doctor appointment yesterday and it went well. He was pretty positive. He said he would have liked for me to have 90 rom but I wasn't too far off. I was able to sleep some last night without icing. It's hard to get the leg comfortable with the ice pack on. When I woke...
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    TKR Worried about ROM, swelling, and general lack of progress

    I'll give that a try, thanks. I still take three or four pain pills in a 24 hr period and that seems to work just fine. Can't remember if I read it. I'll look it up.
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    TKR Worried about ROM, swelling, and general lack of progress

    PT went well this morning. I explained to the therapist about the pain caused by pushing too hard. He said we need to take things a little slower. During the exercises when I couldn't do all the reps or sets of certain movements he he was much quicker to go along with my limitations. At first I...
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    TKR Worried about ROM, swelling, and general lack of progress

    This is what I'm starting to work on as well. Do you find that it starts getting stiff as soon as you get up and are walking around? Does the pressure just kind of keep building until you lay back down and ice it?
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    TKR Worried about ROM, swelling, and general lack of progress

    I was lurking on this site for several weeks before surgery and had already read most of those articles and just now read the others that have been suggested. It's completely different reading the articles now that I've had the surgery. The personal first hand accounts with specific information...
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    TKR Worried about ROM, swelling, and general lack of progress

    I got it finally. Couldn't see the forest for looking at the trees.
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