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    MUA Manipulation and stiff knee after TKR

    I had my knee replaced on January 23, 2013..I had a meniscus repair done in November and I just wanted you to know that it made no difference at all..I know that everybody is different.. I too, have wondered if it was all worth it, but I am early on..I hope that when I am one year in, that I...
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    TKR Please: Some advice for one week out..

    Yes, I understad Tim...I am finishing up with her tomorrow..I like her very much, but she has a different take on getting range of motion...either I make it move or an MUA will make it move.. I do gentle stretches and recumbent bike here at home..it is working! I can feel that I am getting...
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    TKR TKR and a broken foot!

    Ozzie! Oh my..a fall..3 weeks in...I cannot imagine...I agree..listen to your body..I push until I feel resistance and a small amount of pain..and then push a bit farther and that is it. My physio pushes me to tears (My last appt is tomorrow)..I just take my stronger meds to sleep..they are just...
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    MUA Manipulation and stiff knee after TKR

    Just noticed another post by you .. I understand about wanting to just have some fun..It is a long go..It will come, I am sure, the ROM I mean! The fun we have to make ourself :0
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    MUA Manipulation and stiff knee after TKR

    Wow. Great advice everybody.. I am eight weeks out, at about 93 ROM..manipulation has been mentioned to me a few times..I am going to opt to work on it myself..Just knowing that you can gain range like that at home, a year later, is so comforting...How are you doing now Suzie?
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    TKR Please: Some advice for one week out..

    Thanks Josephine for merging my thread..makes sense. I am not computer literate.. :sad: Thank you to Roy, Elanor G and Sue for your responses. Stretching? I am sure my post op exercises given by my physio have stretches in them..I had always thought of them as strength exercises.. Pool? We have...
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    TKR Please: Some advice for one week out..

    I am just not in as much pain..improvement in terms of uncomfortableness (if that is a word) - no..My range of motion creeps by 2 degrees here and there. I actually got to 93 on my last physio visit. It is just the feeling of heaviness in my leg that I am concerned about.. Hard to walk properly...
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    TKR Please: Some advice for one week out..

    Two months in..had surgery Jan 23, 2013.. My leg still feels like it has a cement block in it..walking is slow and unsteady. My ROM is barely 90..Still doing my exercises, icing and elevating.. I am worried that I am way behind, or is this about par for this long into post surgery? If anybody...
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    TKR Please: Some advice for one week out..

    6 weeks?? Don't go back to work then!! I guess it depends on what you do, but way too soon in my opinion..it can ache quite severely at different times and I am 8 weeks in... Jetthugger - wow, five days in..good for you! Keep me posted on your recovery! Landoz - Good Luck!! I want to hear how...
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    TKR Please: Some advice for one week out..

    Thank you everybody!! As Gamera said, it is nice to know that somebody else's light is on too! I may try just a couple of extra strength tylenol tonight and see if there is any difference - being wired awake is no good..If this is part of the process, then it is...hard to carry on with everyday...
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    TKR Please: Some advice for one week out..

    Question and advice about sleep at 8 weeks out...I am not getting a ROM of about 97..working my way to 100..slow but sure..was told it would be slower for me as I had no ROM before the surgery for about 8 months..so stretching those muscles! Sleep has been the hardest thing for me..I take a...
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    TKR Please: Some advice for one week out..

    Thanks Jancat! Appreciate the advice. I will try the heat before the exercises and see if that helps lengthen them..I do the exercises and it seems they just go right back to being tight..When will they "learn" their new job?
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    TKR Please: Some advice for one week out..

    Good! In the end, it is your body..have to do what is right for you.. Question: I run a horseback riding business and we will be starting up within a couple of weeks. I had my rtkr on January 23rd..How much is too much time on my feet..I don't want to overdue and thus cause swelling..I am...
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    TKR Please: Some advice for one week out..

    Let me know how your talk goes!!
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    TKR Please: Some advice for one week out..

    Thank you everybody..Yes Suzie..I am so thankful for this site as well..Has helped me very, very much..Josephine is a wealth of info..and she has been bang on right from the start.. Good advice Toni.. I do think it is a fine line between pushing this knee too far when I exercise - I have to...
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