I do my set exercises twice a day on my none physio days. They do hurt, sometimes a lot but I recover quickly so feel im not over doing it.
Remember what we told you?
If it hurts, don't do it.
Pain is a warning sign that you are doing too much for your knee.
If you do too much, your knee will get angry and it will swell more. That's counter-productive, because your knee can't bend while swelling is stopping it.
I again have pain in the back of my knee, swelling of course.
Cause = too much exercise
Effect = swelling
Cure = less exercise, and ice the back of your knee
It's not exercising that gets you your ROM - it's time. Time to recover, time for swelling and pain to settle, and time to heal. Your ROM is there right from the start, just waiting for all that to happen, so it can show itself.
I want more progress, quicker, typical male lol! Im 67, want to get well fast and move on.
Complete recovery from a knee replacement takes a full year and there is nothing you can do to speed that up. If you try to force your knee to do too much, too soon, you could well slow down its recovery.
Recovery is a marathon, not a sprint.
Your knee is going to recover on its own schedule, not on yours.
Where are you in recovery?? (TKR)
Summon up all the patience you can find - and some more! - and try to accept that allowing your knee to take the time it needs to recover is a wise investment in its future good performance.
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