Hi Sir and welcome to Bonesmart. I also am 4 months with my RTKR. Had a bit of a rough time, but am finally seeing improvement in my ROM. At 3 months I had a manipulation and am gaining daily with a lot of hard work. I am back in physical therapy 3 times a week and do an aquatic aerobics class 3-4 days a week (depending on pt time). The days I don't get finished with pt in time to do the class, I spend an hour in the pool water walking, stretching and exercising. This has offered the most improvement for me.
I have been walking without a cane for about 3-4 weeks. Pool improved my gait. Still have a bit of a limp when I first start out if I have been sitting long, but within a moment or two am fine. Am able to do stairs within reason going up. Somedays one at a time coming down, others regular, depending on my activity level for that day. Within the last few weeks, I have stopped all prescription drugs and am only taking Aleve or ibuprophen as needed. On occassion I take Tylenol pm to help me settle down and go to sleep before 1 am. I tend to sleep for about 5 hours then wake up, even with tylenol pm. Although when I take it, I feel really groggy and need more sleep. That's why I need to be asleep before 1 am, so I can catch a few more
before getting up for the day. Lack of sleep not due to pain unless I've overdone it that day. Pain usually only shows up when I've been on my feet for a long period of time and haven't been able to rest enough or ice and elevate.
I have begun to increase my activities and am about 75% of what I used to do. I do all the shopping for my family and most of the errands and driving. Sometimes I take the riding cart in the store, because my left knee is very bad. Still need to break and ice and elevate to help with swelling.
I have struggled with tightness in the IT band where it connects both top at hip and bottom at side of knee. Pt and specific exercises are helping me stretch it out. Also have some soft tissue swelling that my therapist is trying to work out. Will begin massage therapy tomorrow to see if I can break up more of the scar tissue, soft tissue swelling and general tightness.
Since my LTKR is now scheduled for 4 weeks from today, I am anxious to be in the best possible shape before my next surgery to have better results.
Sounds like you are pretty normal for this time period. I am feeling a little more like myself again and now the next one in 4 weeks.
Oh well, at least I know by Christmas I should be feeling much better and able to enjoy the celebration of my Savior's birth!