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    PKR Long Story of my Battle with a Bad Knee

    @beesknee You are correct, it is not an easy balance. Like you, when I started using our new gym elliptical/cross-trainer, I had unexpected muscle soreness (happily) and no harm to the knee from it. Of course, my natural inclination is to regularly increase my tension and length on the...
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    PKR Long Story of my Battle with a Bad Knee

    @beesknee FWIW, I think that what your surgeon suggests makes a lot of sense. I too have had to switch up my activities/exercises/PT recently to strengthen my quad without taxing my kneecap as it got aggravated recently. In a nutshell, if I feel it in my kneecap, I stop per my PT. Period...
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    PKR PartialFix -- Recovering...

    @campcol1 It is so good to hear your recovery is going so well. You went through a lot with your first knee! Both my knees were, as you say, "virgin" knees so it was a bit puzzling and anxiety-provoking to struggle so much with this knee's early intense pain and problems bending. I will say...
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    PKR PartialFix -- Recovering...

    For me, wall heel slides. Instead of holding a couple of minutes, I found research that said hang out there for 20-30 minutes each session....2-3 times a day. I was surprised by the advice but had nothing to lose and it made all the difference for me. Try googling "your ortho MD" since I...
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    PKR PartialFix -- Recovering...

    Today was my six month post-op. The surgeon was pleased and said he would see me in 3 years - which will be at my 5 year post-op for the other knee -- he said he'd look at them both at the same time. My knee is still healing, of course, but I am grateful that the surgery is behind me and that...
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    PKR Should I worry?

    @NanaMom I also questioned whether there may be some differences in the healing protocol for PKR's vs. TKR's. I found this kindle book/resource helpful for PT suggestions and general PKR recovery timelines. I worked closely with my PT before attempting new exercises from this book as she knew...
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    PKR Patriciad Left PKR Recovery

    @patriciad Very interesting to hear your progress TKR vs your PKR. My surgeon cautioned me that if I procrastinated too long I risked missing the window for a PKR when he diagnosed my right knee. Since I had great success with my left PKR, I didn't want to take that risk. The difference was...
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    PKR PartialFix -- Recovering...

    I can't recall all of the differences as they were comments from 2 years ago when I got my first knee done. In a nutshell, she is careful to try to protect the unoperated parts of my knee. For instance, during my first pre-hab she said no leg presses but she said if I were going in for a TKR...
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    PKR PartialFix -- Recovering...

    I am curious to hear how your next appointment goes. I can't picture what your knee must look like but it sounds upsetting. Every surgeon is different and every PT is different. I will say that I went in planning for a very long, slow, tedious, gradual recovery because I saw my dad go...
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    PKR Long Story of my Battle with a Bad Knee

    Based on what you describe, if it were me, I would want an MRI to go along with the X-Rays. I am guessing your x-rays are fairly recent also.
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    PKR Long Story of my Battle with a Bad Knee

    Have you had any post-op imaging done? If not, I would push very hard to get imaging of your knee and request a copy (disk and report) so you have it on hand to bring to any doctor appt. That's what I do and it makes it easier. If this doc won't agree to the imaging, I'd find another...
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    PKR PartialFix -- Recovering...

    Knee #2, Day 10. Same surgery, other knee. It's done and I'm working on my recovery. It's going okay. I needed stronger painkillers (than last time) to get through days 2-5 after the nerve block wore off. I also relied much more heavily on the walker this time - up until yesterday. I...
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    PKR Long Story of my Battle with a Bad Knee

    I will be seeing my PT for a pre-hab appointment in a couple of weeks or so and will let you know what she says as it is applicable to me as well as I'm fairly certain I've forgotten some of the exercises I will need to do pre-op and then post-op. I get your frustration about the pace of...
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    PKR PartialFix -- Recovering...

    @Rick951 I really needed to hear this. That would be great if getting my right knee done sooner rather than later does help with the recovery. Certainly not looking forward to going through this again esp. since it is my driving leg this time. I am leaning towards scheduling the surgery...
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    PKR PartialFix -- Recovering...

    Good point. So far, my ROM hasn't seemed to decline but I will start to track it more closely. With my other knee though, I could not get to zero extension pre-op so have been monitoring that as well.
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    PKR Long Story of my Battle with a Bad Knee

    FWIW, last week I asked my yoga instructor (who has been dealing with bone-on-bone pain for years) about the best exercises to strengthen my quads to gain strength to protect my knees. We discussed leg extensions but she cautioned that they can really stress the knee and that she only does...
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    PKR PartialFix -- Recovering...

    I worry about getting the surgery too soon but I also feel like a ticking time bomb and having it hang over my head is giving me so much anxiety. Last go-round, by the time I got the steroid and gel injections and then waited months to get on the surgeon's schedule, I lost 6 months altogether...
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    PKR PartialFix -- Recovering...

    I am approaching the 2 year mark in a couple of months for a left medial PKR. Problem is: I have another knee :-) I am very active: yoga, Pilates, and long, hilly hikes 1 -2 x week and shorter easy walks most other days. Also, I still do strength training and PT to protect my knees as...
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    PKR PartialFix -- Recovering...

    Today was my 1 year post-op appointment. My surgeon was very pleased. I thanked him profusely and he told me that I am "making him look good." He said he does not need to see me again for 4 years. I am beyond grateful for his surgical expertise (and my PT's gentle, gradual approach). I...

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