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    TKR 5 Weeks Post TKR

    Well my MRI shows a tear in my labrum hence the hip pain!! Plus medial and minimus gluteal tendinosis! Saw pain management ortho and got hip injected for pain which is a bit better but surgery is only way to repair ! Will wait !!As far as butt pain I have a new PT who believes trauma from my...
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    THR About inserts for LLD

    I had a R TKR in Jan of this year. My knee is good however still with stiffness that comes and goes but walking is great!! No pain in knee but… I’m lopsided and I think that’s causing my R hip butt pain!! Xray showed no arthritis so I’m getting an MRI tomorrow to see if there’s a torn muscle...
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    TKR Still working on ROM

    Do NOT let PT push you !! If you feel pain stop !! I did do PT exercises myself at home. This is not the No Pain No Gain Rule as we all had TKR’s ! I didn’t have 90 degree bend till at least 8 weeks my husband just told me . At about 10weeks my PT made me do 50 lb leg presses which caused...
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    TKR 5 Weeks Post TKR

    I couldn’t even use a cane when going for PT as my PT person said I was too uncoordinated . Devices won’t help on slippery moss. My cousin who has zero ortho issues slipped on moss just coming out her gated area !! So everyone comes to my house lol !
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    TKR 5 Weeks Post TKR

    It seems to suddenly have gotten better thank you for asking. I actually stopped the patches even the Advil and started to wear new “ bouncy “ sneakers . Weird but that seemed to change everything . Other than an occasional sharp butt pain in the last 48 hrs maybe I’m at the turning point of...
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    TKR 5 Weeks Post TKR

    Thanks for the advice . I’ll be very careful as medicine here isn’t like the USA unless you go to a University setting Doctor and I certainly do not want to end up at a hospital ER as we are here till end of Oct. I know one patch contained Diclofenac with Brand name of Voltaren changed every...
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    TKR 5 Weeks Post TKR

    Well here I am 24 weeks now post RTKR , in Italy at my family home doing great with my knee but experiencing bilateral butt / lower back / hip pain that comes and goes! I think it’s related to my TKR leg being slightly longer as I’ve said before but this is now limiting my activity level due to...
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    TKR 5 Weeks Post TKR

    Well 3 hrs sitting on a heating pad last night finally made my butt hip feel better!!! So it appears heat is the way to go!! The help and support I’ve gotten from this forum is like no other . I’m grateful for everyone’s comments !! You are the best!!
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    TKR 5 Weeks Post TKR

    Today I went to my pain management Ortho who injected my other knee so I’ll be functional in Italy. My TKR knee is improving as I can walk long distances now and I bend better. Occasional band feeling but even that’s getting better. I’m 17 weeks out!! Now my hip pain is another story as I found...
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    TKR 5 Weeks Post TKR

    Thank you for your advice I will!! But I will wait till pain free to start! Wednesday after no PT for 2 weeks and much reduced hip and knee pain, today I’m in pain again after the PT session. I told him the PT what OS said I had, but at this point No more squats, clamshell, riding bike etc as...
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    TKR 5 Weeks Post TKR

    Yesterday my internist touched my hip spot where I experience the pain and said it’s a bursitis type of pain . Definitely inflamed and recommended stretching and exercises to strengthen the glute!! I was in for every 6 month checkup and mentioned the hip .
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    TKR 5 Weeks Post TKR

    I saw my OS on Friday . He will see me again in 6 months. My hips show no arthritis on xray which is great but he told me it’s ileo gluteal tendinitis the pain I’ve been experiencing on the hip. He said to strengthen my glute muscles with exercise and to ask my PT for set exercises to do when...
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    TKR 5 Weeks Post TKR

    When I look in the mirror my right hip is definitely higher than the left . Same with a pant leg the left is longer . I have scoliosis so perhaps this TKR has made it worse as leg is now straight and not knock kneed like before. I’ll know in a week for sure .
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    TKR 5 Weeks Post TKR

    I’ m now 14 weeks and a day post TKR and still going to PT. It’s like PT is my security blanket! My knee cap area still feels like I have a “duck tape” feeling on it thus restricting normal movement . I can walk pretty much ok stand for a really long period of time ( 6hrs) before my knee...
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    TKR 5 Weeks Post TKR

    Hello!!! Doing ok although my knee is far from normal! On Easter Sunday I wore wedge platform sandals that were very comfortable plus looked great but yesterday and today I paid the penalty with knee swelling and knee cap pain . I believe the slight ankle of the shoe somehow stressed the knee as...
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