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  1. Flash1955

    TKR Feel so alone

    Good morning, another lovely sunny day in Cheshire. I am now 3 months post op. My surgeon did his monthly call to me and he asked me to send him pictures of my knee showing extension and flexion. He is not happy with my extension (leg will not straighten properly) and has arranged for me to...
  2. Flash1955

    TKR Feel so alone

    Thank you NightQuilter for the advise, I will try doing the exercise the way you suggested.
  3. Flash1955

    TKR Feel so alone

    Thank you Jockette. I have looked at the links you sent and I am doing exactly as they say. The extension has never improved from day 1 post op so perhaps the severe pain that I experience when doing these exercises might indicate an underlying problem. I will try and contact the hospital physio...
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    TKR Feel so alone

    Hi Can any one help me with the following question please? When I do my extension exercise (Laying flat with my ankle on a rolled towel or sitting on a chair with my ankle on an opposite chair) I get the most awful pains in the front and side of my knee. When I move my knee from the above...
  5. Flash1955

    TKR Feel so alone

    Good morning. Entering into week 11 and looking back over the time since my op I can see a vast improvement but ( and that is a big but) I am still disappointed with my progress. I can remember asking my surgeon what the recovery period is and his answer was “give yourself 3 months and you’ll...
  6. Flash1955

    TKR Feel so alone

    Hi Celle, thank you. I have just looked at the extension article that you sent to me and by doing as it said I can get my whole hand and more under my knee so I guess I am still +10.
  7. Flash1955

    TKR Feel so alone

    Hi everyone. I am now in week 8 of my recovery. My flexion has improved a little but my extension is still terrible, pretty much the same as the day I left hospital. Not sure what I am doing wrong, perhaps I should be working harder on the exercise. I only do 2 knee flexion exercises and 2...
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    TKR Feel so alone

    Good morning everyone, the weather in the UK has been lovely and I have spent lots of time in the garden Tomorrow I enter into week 8. I am now walking about in my house unaided but when going outside for a short walk I rely on one crutch or my husbands arm. I still have a limp but I am trying...
  9. Flash1955

    TKR Feel so alone

    Happy Easter to all members. Tomorrow I enter into week 7. My bend is at 90 but I can still can get my hand under my knee and unable to lift my foot when tightening my knee and leg out straight (don’t know what this exercise this is called). I was told that by know I shouldn’t even be able to...
  10. Flash1955

    TKR Feel so alone

    I am now into week 6 and starting to see some improvement. I am only using one crutch and occasionally walk from my kitchen to lounge unaided albeit with a terrible limp. I still can’t walk up the stairs normally, my good leg has to go first and bad one follows onto the same stair but there is a...
  11. Flash1955

    TKR Feel so alone

    Hi my app is saying Licence Expired. How do I get the app to work?
  12. Flash1955

    TKR Feel so alone

    Thank you
  13. Flash1955

    Knee Infection* My L T K R Diary 2020

    Please don’t beat yourself up, as we have all been told on this forum, time and patience is crucial to our heeling. Please stay positive and give your knee time to heal.
  14. Flash1955

    TKR Feel so alone

    I am now entering into my 5th week. I have progressed no further since I saw the physio team 10 days ago for an emergency appointment. The lump on my knee is still there and will be until I can have it drained once the UK hospitals open their doors again to non urgent patients. My exercise...
  15. Flash1955

    TKR Feel so alone

    Thank you so much. Stay well in this trying time.
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