Thank you for your surgery date. I've put it into your signature for you and I will add your name to the January surgery list.
it’s my stiffness and thigh from the very beginning I have been up every. hour on the hour at night and I grab and massage my thigh all day I’m on line about three hours a day looking for help
Some people get thigh pain from having a tourniquet there during the surgery. Have you tried using warmth to relieve it? A wheat bag or something like that might help. Just make sure it's not too hot, though. It's quite OK to use warmth elsewhere on your leg, as long as you don't use it on your knee.
Does the massaging help? If not, don't bother doing it.
My exercise is ankle pumps leg lift s side leg lifts toe lifts my p t s stopped two weeks ago so I do this on my own standing with out assist
You really only needed to do ankle pumps while you were much less mobile. Now you're up and about you don't need to do them.
Once you can do a leg lift, you don't need to do those any more and you never really needed to do side leg lifts, so I suggest you stop both those - they could be aggravating your thigh.
The only exercises you need to do are these, plus a little walking:
Heel slides and how to do them properly
Extension: how to estimate it and ways to improve it
However, if your Range of Motion (ROM) is good, you don't need to keep doing those exercises, either. How far can you bend your knee? And can you straighten it fully?
You can give your knee all the exercise it needs just by using it normally during your activities of daily living.
I try to walk outside 5 to 20 minutes when I can but a struggle my energy is great I’m just scared I will never stand straight ????
Is it your leg or your back that you can't straighten? If it's your back, was it bent before surgery?
I'm wondering if your cane and walker are too low.
Can you adjust the length of the walker's legs? If so, try lengthening them. You shouldn't be bent over when using a walker.