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    THR Recliner or no?

    My recliner is basically the only chair i use, getting the feet up really helps. Mine is the foot close type, but i just close it with an arm, if you are fit / strong enough that's no issue. Height of the chair, and particularly the height of the arms for help to get up would be my main focus...
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    Bilateral TKR 4 1/2 months Bilateral TKR

    Happy new year to you all. After having some time off over Xmas, my knees are definitely better, less soreness and swelling/ puffiness. Overall, 6.5 months in, l am pretty happy with progress, but hoping to improve quite a bit more yet. I still get very stiff calf muscles, lower down and into...
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    Bilateral TKR 4 1/2 months Bilateral TKR

    Thanks guys, l do like the bike as flexion idea, l was avoiding it because with resistance it was just adding to the total workload on my knees. I feel much happier after reading yours (and others) posts and experiences. I thought l was going pretty well within myself with what l was having to...
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    Bilateral TKR 4 1/2 months Bilateral TKR

    Thanks guys, l have read most of the articles you suggested Pumpkin, and thanks for them, pretty reassuring. My physio is putting some targets in place that l am finding difficult to get to, and her answer is to cut down on work and do the specified exercises. It would be great to do so, but in...
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    Bilateral TKR 4 1/2 months Bilateral TKR

    Hi all, stumbled onto this site a few weeks ago and just got back. It is the most informative site l have found, well done. After my surgery, 22nd June, my left knee was really good, and apparently my right was making normal progress, (not dragging the chain as l thought). They have evened up as...
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