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You have truly had a great recovery. Normally we don't recommend folks use the elliptical or stair master until 6 months or beyond. But if it's working for you, then it's certainly okay. It is wonderful to hear your success story. Keep the reports coming. Folks love to read good news and I do too!
 
Love it ! Love it !! Such great news . Im about 2 weeks ahead of you, and like you , could not be any happier with the results. I totally agree about the first 3 weeks , I called it the twilight zone stage. also it does require abit of work . But congratulations on the success, just imagine how well it will be next February. Best wishes. Iceman
 
It is great to hear how well you are doing. Congratulations on your improved life! I also wish I had done this five years earlier! Keep updating - it is good to have success stories here for others to read. All the best to you.
 
Icep707. Good to hear. Best of luck to you and great to hear another great recovery story


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Thanks for the positive words @konati
We all need to hear of the positive outcomes. Thank you for sharing.
 
9 months since my TKR. I have been doing single leg press as a way to strengthen my quad. I'm still not able to press the same amount of weight as the good leg. Any suggestions on how to bring the leg strength up to equal my good leg


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I did gobs and gobs of clam shells.
Hmmm.... let's see if @kneesrus responds. Haven't seen him for awhile but he always has great suggestions.
 
Hi, How much difference are we talking about here? Its pretty normal to have a dominant side. At least I always found it so from lifting weights. single Leg curls and squats work but be careful with exercises that aren't keeping your joint stable when doing them or you could torque your knee. I would talk to your PT or a good personal trainer.
 
You may notice that I have merged your four recovery threads. We like to keep our members' recovery posts all in a single thread. That way it's easy for us to go back and read your history before responding to a question or concern. In addition, the thread becomes a journal of your recovery for those who come along later and want to read about you. So, please post in this thread from now on when you want to give an update or ask a question. If you decide you'd like a different thread title at any point, you can change it by using the Thread Tools button at the top right of your screen or just post what you want here and we'll get it changed for you.
 
I had a slight discrepentecy at the beginning of ski season. I went ot see my pt and we did squats, walks with a band, single leg squats and straight leg lifts. After six weeks, I am equal agin.
 
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Your "Good" most likely developed more strength over time as you favored it over the
"Bad"....my OS told me yesterday that I could expect to see improvement over the next 6 months or so and some people continue for up to 18 months....if the difference is not that much I would not worry about it...as Harry said people tend to have a dominant leg as they do a dominant hand..pick up a ball and we throw with the dominant hand and put a ball on the ground and we kick it with the dominant leg. or I've been told.....being left handed we never know what we are going to do.:what:
 
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Good thoughts from everyone. But what is a clam shell


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If you lie on your side with your knees bent up to your chest. Keep your heels together and open up the knees---but no twisting of the body. You lift the upper knee just until you feel like you need to twist. Then, bring it back agains the other knee. Half way through flip to the other side. It looks like a clam shell opening and shutting.
 
Just curious. I am one year out from my TKR and had a totally great recovery. Did as I was told by the surgeon and PT.
Now I am back to my routine in that I ride my bike about 100 miles week, am on the ERG 3 times a week and even am back to my Judo classes. The knee is perfectly fine but in the back of my mind I am wondering. am I shortening the life of the replacement.
Has anyone had the experience of being told, you did too much. What would be the result of over doing things.
 
@konati you will hear so many conflicting opinions on implant longevity. The good news is that now days these implants usually outlast their owners! If your knee is tolerating your activity levels I say go for it. That's why you had the surgery - to live again!
 
May I ask why you are doing these exercises in the first place? Were you told it was necessary to maintain your ROM? Because that's not the case. Once you are back to normal living at about 12-14 weeks, there is no need to do anything just for the sake of your knee. If you want to do it for your own sake, that's different but not for your knee.

But no, it won't shorten the life of your implants.
 
I will say I do what I do because as Jaycey said that is why I had the replacement. Good to read that the opinion is that it will not affect the longevity. Appreciate the replies


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@konati :wowspring: I am impressed JUDO - you rock.... the thought of falling on my knees or stressing them in any way gives me the willies at this stage (7 weeks post op for bilateral knees) and the cycling is also impressive :yes!: QQQ what is ERG? Keep up the great activity level - Maggie x
 
The major reason for my recent surgery was to be able to cycle ... I reached a point where my rides were more painful than not and that tipped it for me. I had several LONG and DETAILED discussions with my surgeon about my plans to ride 150-200 miles a week (that was my pre-surgery mileage) and climb often. I also read what scientific literature I could find about the wear on protheses among athletes who resumed activity after surgery.

My surgeon assured me that my post-surgery plans were viable, but he would check the prothesis and my overall condition more often than he would a less active patient to identify any issues that might come up from my activity level. And, I found some minor reassurance in the literature that folks can be active after surgery without too much worry about prothesis wear causing problems (I will have to find that reference again, it was a year or so ago I located it).

Anyway, my guess is that you are fine as long as you keep tabs on how you are doing. There are lots of us aging folks who are returning to higher levels of activity after TKR and since cycling has among the lowest loads on the knee, we should be fine! Keep up the good work!
 
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