Hello all. 51 year old active male here (well....I WAS active, hope to be again )
8 weeks post HTO surgery on left knee, things are finally feeling like they are improving. Decent ROM, minimal actual knee pain, swelling coming down in the shin. So I am hopeful, because the first 6 weeks were, well there's no way to sugarcoat it, hellish! I can put some weight on the leg but not quite up to full-on walking although I can sort of go through a walking motion now with thee crutches..
BUT there is one thing which is not improving and I have not heard that this is a thing. The incision area itself which runs from the bottom of the front of the knee south toward the shin for about 12 cm is super sensitive to the touch. Like I can't even sleep with a blanket on that area as the sensation is is so uncomfortable its unbearable. It's hard to wear pants even. I have to regularly numb it with a gel ice pack, and at night in order to sleep I wrap a tensor bandage around an ice pack to secure it to the area so I can fall asleep.
Has anyone heard of this? Will it get better? Just seems weird that I seem to be alone on this one. I would eel much better about the procedure and recovery if this would stop.
Thanks for having me.
Dave
8 weeks post HTO surgery on left knee, things are finally feeling like they are improving. Decent ROM, minimal actual knee pain, swelling coming down in the shin. So I am hopeful, because the first 6 weeks were, well there's no way to sugarcoat it, hellish! I can put some weight on the leg but not quite up to full-on walking although I can sort of go through a walking motion now with thee crutches..
BUT there is one thing which is not improving and I have not heard that this is a thing. The incision area itself which runs from the bottom of the front of the knee south toward the shin for about 12 cm is super sensitive to the touch. Like I can't even sleep with a blanket on that area as the sensation is is so uncomfortable its unbearable. It's hard to wear pants even. I have to regularly numb it with a gel ice pack, and at night in order to sleep I wrap a tensor bandage around an ice pack to secure it to the area so I can fall asleep.
Has anyone heard of this? Will it get better? Just seems weird that I seem to be alone on this one. I would eel much better about the procedure and recovery if this would stop.
Thanks for having me.
Dave