Hello
@mmeyering - and
Please will you tell us the full date of your knee replacement and which knee it is, so we can make a signature for you? Thank you.
While you are still in so much pain, I think it would be a good idea to cut back on your PT therapy. Your knee isn't lazy or unfit - it's wounded from major surgery and it needs time and gentle treatment, so it can heal.
Remember this:
a. If it hurts, don't do it and don't allow anyone - especially a physical therapist - to do it to you
b. If your leg swells more or gets stiffer in the 24 hours after doing it, don't do it again.
Your soft tissues had a hard time during the surgery and they're probably still upset and inflamed. Give them a few weeks' rest from the stress of doing exercises, and spend more time resting, icing and elevating your knee. Also, don't forget to take your pain medication on a regular schedule.
Don't worry about gaining ROM numbers.
It's not exercising that gets you your ROM - it's time. Time to recover, time for swelling and pain to settle, and time to heal. Your ROM is there right from the start, just waiting for all that to happen, so it can show itself.
And, just in case your PT therapists have told you that you have a limited time in which to gain ROM, ha isn't true.
There's no need to rush to get ROM (Range of Motion) because it can continue to improve for a year, or even much longer, after a knee replacement. There isn't any deadline you have to meet:
Myth busting: the "window of opportunity" in TKR
I'm going to ask
@Josephine , our Nurse Director, to advise you. She has many years of experience in orthopaedics.
She'll probably ask you a lot of questions. Do try to answer them as fully as possible, so she has all the information she needs, to advise you appropriately.