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    TKR Patella tracking problem

    Thank you! I will try that. I hope your continued healing goes well.
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    TKR Patella tracking problem

    I keep reading through your rehab recommendations just to remind me to be patient. My thigh (quad muscle) is very sore much of the time, and I’m still experiencing a good bit of stiffness and occasional sharp pains in my knee. Normal part of healing? It feels like slowly reaching plateaus, but...
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    TKR MoragsMum's Recovery

    I had to wear compression stockings on BOTH legs after TKR on the left knee. And it was summer in the desert Southwest US. Had a revision this winter but no compression stocking. My OS said further research indicated that they don’t help to prevent blood clots. What he didn’t address is that...
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    TKR MoragsMum's Recovery

    WoW. I’m glad I stumbled across this thread! The energy drain even applies to knee revision surgery five years post TKR. I’m exhausted, doing heel slides and gentle pedaling, not going to PT torture sessions, and in less pain and acquiring more flexibility without trying much. The illustrations...
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    TKR 8 weeks post op

    Hi @Mollyds ! I had a knee revision. On 29/11/2021, five years after TKR to have a thicker spacer put in to solve a hyperextention problem, and a lateral release to get my kneecap tracking properly again. I started physio, at the insistence of my surgeon, within a week, and had 45 minutes of...
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    Revision TKR Knee replacement revision

    I just had a revision on 29 November 2021. My issue was hyperextention of my TKR (Done in July 2016), as well as patellar tracking issues. I had a new spacer put in (from 12mm to 16mm) and had a lateral release. The surgeon opened up the entirety of my original incision. At this point my knee is...
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    TKR Patella tracking problem

    And by the way, I am so grateful for this blog! I actually forgot about it, then realised I did so well after TKR five years ago because of your rehab advice. After this recent lateral release and spacer exchange surgery, my PT recently commented that he was concerned I didn’t have better flex...
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    TKR Patella tracking problem

    29 November 2021 surgery date Thank you for your response!
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    TKR Patella tracking problem

    Finally, I am six weeks out from having a lateral release surgery. During my pre surgery appointment with my OS it was also determined that the spacer in my replaced knee was too thin, causing my knee to hyperextend to a very uncomfortable degree. That said, the OS had to use my entire original...
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    TKR Patella tracking problem

    Well, almost two years since the last post on this thread. I did go back to PT with little result but also saw an OS who does revisions. Back in 2017 the doc said to give it some more time and provided me with a good patellar support brace and went over all the possibilities. I was doing ok but...
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    TKR Patella tracking problem

    Yes. No need to state the obvious here! Because of my new health insurance, I can't see my OS at all. :-( Onward to figure this out. Has anyone had a complete re-do because of patella tracking issues?
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    TKR Patella tracking problem

    Thank you, @Josephine. I appreciate your help. My OS office called me back but need to call me again. Waiting. Meanwhile, I'll stop walking and will get my OS appointment set up. I'll let you know what happens next! Not happy this is happening.
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    TKR Patella tracking problem

    Thank you, Pumpkin! I will make an appointment with my OS but have a different insurance for this year and will need to wait until Monday! :-/
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    TKR Patella tracking problem

    Thank you, L.I.T. and KarriB. I have not yet seen my OS or had any imaging done yet. Still away from home but getting worse so I thought I'd put it out to the community. I look forward to some other thoughts.
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    TKR Patella tracking problem

    I am almost six months post surgery and had been progressing well, have full extension and 121 degrees of flex. No PT for the last four months until mid-December. I went to visit my daughter the first week of December and was going up and down steps in their house (we have no steps in ours). I...
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