I am 7 weeks post op TKR.I have been working with a therapist for 6 weeks and now my bend is at 132 and my knee goes flat when extended.
riding recumbent bike 10 minutes a day. Doing stretching exercises while sitting in my recliner. I am up on the knee most of the day doing housework, laundry and making meals.
You are actually doing a lot of activity for 9 weeks post op. Your ROM is awesome, for so early in recovery, so you really could stop doing all that exercise activity. The housework, laundry and making meals, which we call ADLs ( activities of daily living) gives your knee all the exercise it needs. And if possible, it might be a good idea to cut back on some of these activities, too. You are still healing and your knee still needs a lot of rest time.
I take 1000 tylenol not much relief so taking 25 mg tramadol but just at night due to pain otherwise I can't sleep due to the pain. I am a little afraid to take the tramadol so much. Had surgery May 19 so it seems like a long time to be taking opioid medication.
The most effective way to take Tylenol is 2 x 500 mg tablets every 6 hours, to a total of 4,000 mg (4 doses) in 24 hours. You need to take it regularly, to keep up the levels in your bloodstream. If you just take the odd dose now and then, it's far less effective.
Check all other medications you're taking, to make sure there is no Tylenol/Acetaminophen/Paracetamol in them. If there is, scale back one or two of your regular doses, so you stay within that safe 24 hour limit of 4,000 mg.
thought maybe I should try another therapist went to see him twice but basically told me the stiffness is due to my nerves and brain and I should try and ignore the stiffness and make myself walk through the pain. I went home and tried to make myself walk without the pegged leg motion and have been in more pain ever since I did that so cancelled my upcoming appointments with this therspist.
I’m glad you cancelled the upcoming appointments, as that is a example of bad PT. You’ll do fine on your own from this point on, as I said, your ROM is already really good.
I really think if you cut back on your activity, you will see an improvement. It won’t happen quickly, this can be a very slow recovery, but doing more than our healing knee is ready for, does not improve things. In this recovery, for some of us, (and I was one!) less is more.