cuestion to josephine regarding rom

[stp12]

Hi Josephine how are you and your new knee? whats your rom? josephine as far as i can remember you said on day to me that you think that i will never achieve a good rom,because of my past with motor accident and almost 8 operacions to my left femure bone,which was in 3 pieces,do you have experience with cases like mine? and could you tell me more about it? next wednesday i will be at 18 weeks postop + 3 weeks of my hospitalization and active rom 90/95 with my pt pushing last time 120,rom before my tkr arom was between 100/110. next may i go back to my os,i dont know what to do,i want more rom by open mua or whatever but i also think that it doesnt help much because of my past with other operacions,scartisue etc. wht do you think with your vast experience? greetings francois adriaans

 

[Josephine]

josephine as far as i can remember you said on day to me that you think that i will never achieve a good rom,because of my past with motor accident and almost 8 operacions to my left femure bone,which was in 3 pieces,do you have experience with cases like mine? and could you tell me more about it?

I think I said you might never achieve any better. There's never anything absolute about these issues.

I saw some patients who'd had bad accidents with their legs that remained stiff after fixation but never one that went on to have a TKR.

next wednesday i will be at 18 weeks postop + 3 weeks of my hospitalization and active rom 90/95 with my pt pushing last time 120,rom before my tkr arom was between 100/110.

110 doesn't seem too bad. ROM can continue being improved for months after the op. And 18 weeks isn't that long a time. Don't despair yet!

next may i go back to my os,i dont know what to do,i want more rom by open mua

I did address this before, that a so-called 'open' MUA is not usually undertaken. The surgeon might snip a whole lot of tight fibres but miss the ones that are preventing a better ROM.

Have more patience. You've plenty of time to improve things yet.

 

[Doug]

Stp,
I'm at almost 16 months post op. I have found that my Rom is still increasing and that it is doing so without much pushing it on my part.

 

[stp12]

hi josephine thanks for your answer,will try to have more patience

 

[stp12]

Stp,
I'm at almost 16 months post op. I have found that my Rom is still increasing and that it is doing so without much pushing it on my part.

hi doug and whats your arom at this time?