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    TKR Recovery the Clipless Way

    @Clipless. You are doing amazing. I am one month post op and long to go to the movies. How long did that bruise last? Looks awful. Hope you are feeling good and pain is manageable. The first two weeks are the hardest pain wise, in my experience. take care and don't overdo. TKR # 2...
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    TKR Knee replacement PT question

    Dr. was Fired! Hi all, just an update. I had one Dr, for my first two surgeries TLKR and TRHR, was supposed to have third surgery with him on Sept. 14, 2015. I went thru all the preop stuff with his office anfpd had everything set up. Then, on Sept 04, I get a phone call from his office nurse...
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    TKR Knee replacement PT question

    Thanks all for your support and wisdom, again. This is my third surgery in ten months, third joint replacement, and it has been the hardest of all. More pain, more swelling, slower recovery. My rom is not great, but I am not letting myself be pushed this time. I went to PT on Friday, mainly...
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    TKR Five months post tkr and still have problems

    My son, aged 32, is the same. my daughter, 33, has worked in nursing homes with TKR patients and understands the long haul. Also, some friends who have never gone thru this were posting on my FB page about wishing for a speedy recover. It is hard when people act like its a little surgery. I...
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    TKR Knee replacement PT question

    Thank you Celle and Clipless, for your advice and support. Helps to have people who get it. Yes, I am sick to death of people 'handling' me and trying to push my leg to get ROM. I feel better taking charge of my own progress. TKR # 2 09/18/15. right knee, TKR#11/17/14 left knee, THR...
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    TKR Knee replacement PT question

    just had a TKR on right knee, my third joint replacement in 10 months. I am 3 and half weeks out post op. have found a conservative PT who does massage and eUltra sound therapy and gentle flexing. My problem is after two other surgeries this years, tkr on left Nov 14. and THR right in March...
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    Revision TKR Woohoo I'm starting to feel better!

    congrats, Nana Moon! it is along recovery time and the victory for us is deeper ? Hope you continue to have great success? Sent from my iPad using BoneSmart Forum
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    THR copsham's recovery thread

    Hi Copscam, Sounds like you are having a long hard recovery. I am impressed that you went swimming and water walking. I am still waiting to do that. I hope your aches and stiffness are just temporary from overdoing work out. It is amazing how this procedure (hip replacement) makes us feel so...
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    THR PT question; lifting weights as therapy?

    @healthgirl46, The dr asked me where I wanted my PT so he knew where to send the orders. I chose a mobility center that is attached to our hospital, as my husband works at the hospital. Our insurance pays more of the % if we go thru our hospital system for things like that. I had a licensed PT...
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    TKR Knee replacement PT question

    Good God, thank you everyone. Next time (this summer RTKR) I am going to do things differently. First surgery, I just tried to do what they said as I thought they were the experts, but after what I endured for pain and exhaustion afterward, It makes me not want to do this a second time. My Dr is...
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    Revision TKR Woohoo I'm starting to feel better!

    Hoping you feel better soon. Yeah, the weather can make us ache. Have fun, but don't overdo it. Sent from my iPad using BoneSmart Forum
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    TKR 6 weeks out. Will this pain get better?

    When it hurts, elevate and ice, even this far out. Pain should get better, you are still close to surgery though. Seems every surgery can be a little different with pain management levels. Are you trying to do too much? I know when I did too much activity, even six weeks out, my body would let...
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    TKR 6 years out

    Is your Dr. Office part of a large healthcare network, like Aurora or some other conglomerate, or just private practice? If it is part of a greater system, you might try talking to someone about how you were treated, making a record of bad patient/client customer services. You had an emergency...
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    TKR Knee replacement PT question

    I recently had a bad experience with PT for a hip replacement. And As I had a knee replacement and PT three months earlier, And use the same PT facility as my hip, would like some feedback on those who have had PT for knee replacement. I'd like to know what your therapy was like so I can...
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    THR 1 month post op

    @copsham. Yes, I have received more feedback on questions using this site than from my PT people or OS. The all the articles on healing, pain and recovery Josephine posts when you first sign on are so incredible. Sent from my iPad using BoneSmart Forum
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