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    TKR Good morning! I’m new here.

    @Jenn3319 Oh my gosh, do not let PT hurt you! This same thing happened to me at my first outpatient PT appt at week 3 post-op and the PT couldn’t understand why I was crying. She pushed my knee up to my chest with all her weight to get more flexion, then she had another worker help her to push...
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    TKR 7 wks post-op, so much better

    Thank you Jamie. I do use a cane when I leave the house as it is my security blanket! But I seem to do ok around the house without it, but will most definitely take your advice, love this supportive site.
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    TKR 7 wks post-op, so much better

    I saw my surgeon today for 6-7wk post op visit, he is very pleased with my progress and reassured me that the “”cracking” noise I heard in my leg 4 days ago was scar tissue tearing. Since that happened I have been using moist heat to relax quad muscles and ice/elevate 3 times per day with lots...
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    TKR 7 wks post-op, so much better

    Thanks so much for your response. My surgery was on 12/18/19 for a Right TKR.
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    TKR 7 wks post-op, so much better

    I am at 6 weeks post-op after a art TKR and have been walking around the house doing most activities independently and yesterday when I got up from a chair I heard a “crack” in my knee and lots of pain in my thigh muscles (quads). I feel like I have gone backwards in my recovery. I went to...
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