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    TKR Sept 25 - left knee

    I saw my knee doctor this morning because I'm still having pain at 8 months PO. He said nothing on the MRI indicates that the knee should still be painful when walking. He wants me to see a Rheumatologist to see if I have fibromyalgia. I have an appointment with a different knee surgery first...
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    TKR Sept 25 - left knee

    Update: the MRI showed a Baker’s cyst and some quad thickening. Going to see doctor next week because the pain has no gone away. He said he needs to evaluate if the IT Band is still causing issue or maybe it is hamstring tendonitis. Seven months PO and still having lateral pain when walking. The...
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    TKR Sept 25 - left knee

    It is almost six months PO and Knee is still causing issues so I’m getting an MRI done this Thursday. Quad is still not working correctly even after ending PT and doing Pilates three days a week. Nothing has been helping with the level 2-3 pain I still have in my knee. I’ve had steroid shot...
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    TKR Sept 25 - left knee

    I think the doctor places fear that if I don’t do my PT and get ROM better now it will never come. This is what makes it hard to stop going to PT. I keep wishing that one day I will wake up and everything will be good. I fear that natural PT will not be enough to get me back to a normal walking...
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    TKR Sept 25 - left knee

    My doctor claims that I need more PT. He has been told everything that is done at PT and wants them to do more. My range of motion is only to 97 degrees and he said if I don’t work on it now, it might not ever get better. It is not only PT that causes pain. I cannot even walk for 30 minutes...
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    TKR Sept 25 - left knee

    My knee doctor claims the reason I have pain is because I don’t do enough PT, but both walking and PT cause pain. I’m so confused on how to get my knee to heal. I tired of not being able to walk without a limp. I would love to be able to have a normal gate without having pain. I thought knee...
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    TKR Sept 25 - left knee

    At fourteen weeks and I still cannot walk around without causing pain in my knee and calf muscle. Plus I cannot left my leg up more than two inches off the floor while sitting in a chair. When I saw the doctor two weeks ago he blamed it on needing to do more PT. I go to PT three times per week...
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    TKR Sept 25 - left knee

    Well last night, Friday, was painful. I over did it walking during the day. The problem was on Thursday my knee felt great. It wasn’t painful to walk and that tight band feeling was gone. It was amazing my leg get normal again. I was naive in thinking my knee was better than it was. Instead of...
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    TKR Sept 25 - left knee

    I was told by my doctor that PT had to do the fibula manipulation because the head was locked by a tight tendon. I don’t know who to believe any more. All I want is to be able to walk again without pain. I have more pain now than I did before surgery.
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    TKR Sept 25 - left knee

    I love this PT center they worked with me for my other two surgeries, foot and back surgery, and did a great job. They are only doing what the doctor told them to do. PT will now only be once per week because I’m running out of visits.
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    TKR Sept 25 - left knee

    The first time PT did the fibula manipulation did not hurt all that much, but the girl that did it massaged it more than actually moving the fibula head. This past Wednesday was my second session and boy did it hurt. I was white knuckling the table before he was done. After PT I drove to a local...
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    TKR Pain meds not working

    I’m at nine weeks, I took opioids for the three and a half weeks. My doctor also prescribed Celecoxib for inflammation and I am still on that once a day. The first few weeks work on pain control because it is a bear. It is the most painful surgery I have had in my life.
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    TKR Sept 25 - left knee

    As per my PA, I didn’t do anything wrong. I tore my calf muscle in that leg back in 2001. The PA thinks that the scar tissue in that calf is causing tightness which is pulling on the hamstring causing the fibula to be tight. Everything right now is assumed as she is not really sure why the...
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    TKR Sept 25 - left knee

    Has anybody had an issue with their fibula being tight after TKR. For the past few days I have been having pain on the outside of my leg below my knee. My PT specialist had to do a fibula manipulation this afternoon. I spoke to the PA at my doctor’s office and she said that sometimes the fibula...
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    TKR Week 4 is this common

    I only take celebrex in the evening, 8pm, with two Tylenol. This is the only medicine that I take all day.
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