blondie42550
junior member
I have to make a decision NOW! My left knee doesn't bend as well as the right. I haven't had it measured in about a month, but when my surgeon "eyeball" measured it he said I was only at 90° left and 95° on the right. Haven't had therapy for about a month. It will be 6 months on the 26th for my BTKR. I can go up stairs much better than I can go down. Going up is pretty close to being normal and on my "good" days you would hardly know I had any issues. When I go down, I AM able to go right then left and not one step at a time, but the tightness across the knee cap area is what holds me back. Sometimes I can go down the stairs with little effort, other times I struggle. I cannot ride a regular bike outside but I can pedal my stationary bike, which I do every morning for at lease 10 minutes. I am wondering if it is just "MY" bike that is the problem, maybe I need a different bike? I do feel like they are gradually improving, and who's to say they won't continue with out MUA????? I worry most about the risk of femur breakage and prosthesis loosening. I am SO much better than before, I just don't want to make a decision to not have the procedure done and then regret it later after it is too late. Most of what I have read indicates when a MUA is done, the people have less ROM than I do and I understand they will continue to improve for up to a year or more.
Here are results from a recent study which relates BMI with successful:
https://www.hss.edu/newsroom_obesity-limits-motion-lengthens-recovery.asp
So does this mean as I loose weight, It will help to increase my ROM?
After weighing my options, I think the pluses of not having it done outweigh the minuses or risks I take for having it done.
Therefore I am asking, is there anyone who chose NOT to have the MUA and ended up regretting it?
It is time to stop rambling...I will appreciate any advise I can get from my fellow TKR's and you to Josephine!
Happy Cinco De Mayo!
Here are results from a recent study which relates BMI with successful:
https://www.hss.edu/newsroom_obesity-limits-motion-lengthens-recovery.asp
So does this mean as I loose weight, It will help to increase my ROM?
After weighing my options, I think the pluses of not having it done outweigh the minuses or risks I take for having it done.
Therefore I am asking, is there anyone who chose NOT to have the MUA and ended up regretting it?
It is time to stop rambling...I will appreciate any advise I can get from my fellow TKR's and you to Josephine!
Happy Cinco De Mayo!