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    TKR Recovery Confusion

    I’m wondering about stairs. I can go up them normally alternating feet. Coming down stairs I have to lead with one foot as I cannot bend my new knee enough to alternate each foot. I’m at 12 weeks today. Is this normal? I try to alternate feet coming downstairs but my knee is just too stiff...
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    TKR Recovery Confusion

    My recovery has been steady. I’m at 11 weeks and decided to stop my formal PT. Every other day, I ride my stationary bike and do my strengthening exercises. That said, I have a couple of worries on my mind… First - I find that I get tired very easily. I start my day with a stiff knee but...
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    TKR Recovery Confusion

    I’m trying to figure out whether it is scar tissue that is making it difficult to bend my knee or if the tendons are so tight that they won’t let it bend. Does anyone have experience with this? I massage it regularly but when I put my hand on my knee it feels so hard and tight. Is that what...
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    TKR Recovery Confusion

    @Susie-Q thanks for the reassurance. It’s so nice to hear from someone who is at a similar stage. I need to stop worrying that I’m doing something wrong and that my pain is “abnormal.” I feel progress and that should be enough!
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    TKR Recovery Confusion

    Yes, my pain is much better than it was. I feel a bit like I’ve reached a standstill with the pain and stiffness though. When I get up in the morning, my knee is SO stiff. It loosens some as I move around but of course not as much as I would like. I’m still living in fear that when I go see...
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    TKR Recovery Confusion

    I know that this is a very subjective question, but when should the feeling in your knee no longer feel like pain? When I walk, I feel like something is yanking very hard on my knee. It’s not a sharp pain, but more like a startling yank. It makes me slow way down and wonder whether I should...
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    TKR Recovery Confusion

    Thanks everyone! Going easy these days. Yesterday the PT put a Tens machine on my knee during icing. It was nice. Does anyone see any value in it? I’m thinking of buying one online (not too bad at $30). I’m at 8 weeks post-op today and am so excited to wake up in the morning and not be...
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    TKR Recovery Confusion

    I'm so inspired by everyone here! I actually just called a medical massage establishment near me that specializes in lymphatic drainage. I have an appointment next week. I'm determined to loosen up the tissue in my knee. It really is shockingly tight and I'm sure just simply traumatized...
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    TKR Recovery Confusion

    Wow! Hearing everyone’s accounts of their early PT sessions makes me realize how far out in space my sessions were. My therapist barely touched my leg. I had a 90 minute workout of continuous exercise 3 times per week starting at week 3. As soon as I arrived, I was handed a strap to do heel...
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    TKR Recovery Confusion

    I hear you @Jockette! I feel a bit uneasy about asking a massage therapist. My whole body just feels so out of sync. I can’t lie on my stomach. My quads, hamstrings, calves and shins are sore and tight. I even have numbness in my shin and calf. My new PT suggested an Ayurvedic oil from India -...
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    TKR Recovery Confusion

    I'm back again looking for more advice and reassurance. I went to the new PT who was very sympathetic. He had me do some gentle exercises and then went to massage my knee. He was horrified to find it rock solid. He said it was the most solid knee/patella he had ever seen - no movement at...
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    TKR Recovery Confusion

    I am 7 weeks post op and reading this thread is the first time that I have actually felt hopeful that this will all be ok. Thank you! I am turning a new leaf and taking a gentler approach to this healing process. Boy had I been mislead! I am elevating and wearing my ice pack periodically...
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    TKR Recovery Confusion

    I had RTKR on Sept 9th. I’m 51 and feeling somewhat energetic, so I was mentally expecting to work hard on recovery. No one clarified what that would mean. The first 2 weeks were gentle at home with 30 minute home PT sessions. At week 3, I started PT at a clinic. I was simply told by the PT...
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