Erinpope23
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Hi,
I'm new here (59 yo woman) and have been reading through a lot of the posts. I am 7 weeks out of a partial knee replacement (medial). I was on a walker for 1.5 weeks, then a cane until week 4. PT had me stop using that and honestly I don't feel like I need it. My problem is my flexion. I can get to 0 degrees straightening my knee, but only to 100 degrees flexion. A week ago my surgeon said I am way behind where I should be, so he did a MUA and was able to bend my knee to 130 degrees under anaesthesia no problem. But the next day and the following week in PT, I can only get to 100. Saw my surgeon today and he bent my knee until I cried. He said he did not reach the end point and the only thing stopping me is ME. He said to cry through the pain at PT, that was perfectly okay. He said just don't get to the point of vomiting or passing out. He said to take a pain pill before I went to PT to help get through the pain. He upped my PT to 3x a week vs 2. I'm still icing, elevating, doing home exercises but nothing seems to help. The pain is terrible when I'm doing my exercises. The swelling is still there, but he said not bad enough to drain. I feel like a total failure and honestly feel like my surgeon is so disappointed. Any advice would be welcome.
I'm new here (59 yo woman) and have been reading through a lot of the posts. I am 7 weeks out of a partial knee replacement (medial). I was on a walker for 1.5 weeks, then a cane until week 4. PT had me stop using that and honestly I don't feel like I need it. My problem is my flexion. I can get to 0 degrees straightening my knee, but only to 100 degrees flexion. A week ago my surgeon said I am way behind where I should be, so he did a MUA and was able to bend my knee to 130 degrees under anaesthesia no problem. But the next day and the following week in PT, I can only get to 100. Saw my surgeon today and he bent my knee until I cried. He said he did not reach the end point and the only thing stopping me is ME. He said to cry through the pain at PT, that was perfectly okay. He said just don't get to the point of vomiting or passing out. He said to take a pain pill before I went to PT to help get through the pain. He upped my PT to 3x a week vs 2. I'm still icing, elevating, doing home exercises but nothing seems to help. The pain is terrible when I'm doing my exercises. The swelling is still there, but he said not bad enough to drain. I feel like a total failure and honestly feel like my surgeon is so disappointed. Any advice would be welcome.