jds
new member
Hello – I discovered the BoneSmart community today and sure wish I would have found it so much earlier. I’m almost 13 weeks post TKR (my first joint replacement), and I “graduated” from going into PT about 4 weeks ago.
I’ve been attempting to be diligent about performing my assigned exercises, both strength and cardio, every day. I have my bike setup on a stand in the living room (it’s winter here in Minnesota) for my cardio work and that is going OK. The problem is with the strength exercises. At this point I don’t have much swelling although my knee is stiff and achy a lot but stretching and moving help with that. My big complaint is I have sharp pains along the inner front edge (and to a lesser degree on the outer edge too) of the tibial component. This sharp, specific location pain has been there pretty much from day 1. It doesn’t hurt when at rest (now) but walking and specifically during and after my strength exercises it is pretty bad. It also hurts when rubbing the area. I can get through 2-3 days of the PT exercises and then I’m hobbling for a couple of days before I feel like I can get back to it. I have had a lot of snapping feeling in the knee when I walk, with the worst of it at the same location as the pain. The more it snaps the more it hurts. Is this tendinitis and if so, will it heal itself with rest?
I’ve had 2 post-op appointments with the surgeon and multiple discussions while at PT and the answer is always to just push through it and it will eventually get better. Interestingly, my assigned exercises are pretty much exactly what Josephine has listed as those not to do in her post titled “BoneSmart philosophy for sensible post-op therapy”.
Sorry for the long post. It helps getting finding others here with the same concerns. Luckily my wife has been amazing supportive through all this. Mostly I’m concerned that the PT exercises are making things worse rather than helping. This TKR has been more of a struggle than I thought it would be. Thanks!
I’ve been attempting to be diligent about performing my assigned exercises, both strength and cardio, every day. I have my bike setup on a stand in the living room (it’s winter here in Minnesota) for my cardio work and that is going OK. The problem is with the strength exercises. At this point I don’t have much swelling although my knee is stiff and achy a lot but stretching and moving help with that. My big complaint is I have sharp pains along the inner front edge (and to a lesser degree on the outer edge too) of the tibial component. This sharp, specific location pain has been there pretty much from day 1. It doesn’t hurt when at rest (now) but walking and specifically during and after my strength exercises it is pretty bad. It also hurts when rubbing the area. I can get through 2-3 days of the PT exercises and then I’m hobbling for a couple of days before I feel like I can get back to it. I have had a lot of snapping feeling in the knee when I walk, with the worst of it at the same location as the pain. The more it snaps the more it hurts. Is this tendinitis and if so, will it heal itself with rest?
I’ve had 2 post-op appointments with the surgeon and multiple discussions while at PT and the answer is always to just push through it and it will eventually get better. Interestingly, my assigned exercises are pretty much exactly what Josephine has listed as those not to do in her post titled “BoneSmart philosophy for sensible post-op therapy”.
Sorry for the long post. It helps getting finding others here with the same concerns. Luckily my wife has been amazing supportive through all this. Mostly I’m concerned that the PT exercises are making things worse rather than helping. This TKR has been more of a struggle than I thought it would be. Thanks!