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Hey I have a question, when they do a MUA is it becuz you don't have enough bend or can't get your leg straight? I am getting better bend all the time, but having issues with straightened.

Maybe this is a question for Josephine:)
 
Well, since flexion (bend) and extension (straightening) are both factors of ROM (range of movement) it stands to reason that an MUA will be for both issue. Yes?
 
Thank you Josephine. I am doing well on my bend and am at -10 on extension. But I think if I work a bit harder I will get that too. I am definetly not giving up on PT until it seems it no longer works. Hugs!
 
Hi Gail, Don't know about you, but I am definitely shying away from an MUA...From everything I've read and heard, it is not a pleasant experience afterwards...I personally don't need any more pain that what I already have!
Hope your day is going good for you!...Hugs to you!!
 
Hey, Gail, I haven't been on here in quite a while and am glad to get caught up on your story! I'm so happy that things have finally turned around for you. And your story proves to me that waiting a while for PT (even though it was for bad circumstances) actually works out better. Remember I was at therapy one week after surgery and was made to go 5 days a week! That was too much too soon. As a result, my knee didn't get to heal any, and it stayed in a very angry, swollen, and painful state.

So IF I have to ever have my other knee done, I'll know better!! I'm so happy for you that things are better. How's the fibro? It's probably taken a back seat, eh?

Hugs, Liz
 
Marina Blue I have decided that there is NO WAY I am going to agree to a MUA at this point. If I can go from 85 bend to 101 in a little over a week, there is no way that is happening:) I am still swelling and stiff, so knee is still in the angry stage at this point! I am at 8 weeks now.

Hey Liz, I have been thinking about you alot, was gonna message you to see how things are doing. The fibro likes to protest after certain PT movements. Today my hips and low back are complaining....sigh! But I think with my pain meds its keeping it slightly in check.

I so agree that not pushing the PT too early has been very beneficial. Those OS's try to scare you with the MUA **** etc. I will admit though I was worried that 6 1/2 weeks was too late, but very not true, at least in my case. I did do PT the first 10 days, so not sure if that helped or not. I think my walking around the house and our stairs may have assisted me a bit too. But I definetly took Jo's advice and let things rest the first few weeks. Now if I can get my straigtening better and get to 110 or 115 on my bend I will be quite happy.

So how are you doing Liz? How is your knee doing these days.

Oh and to those who don't know about Crohns, I am currently in a remission of sorts, but with this darn disease, you can have bad days appear out of no where sometimes, and thats what happened on Thursday. I generally have at least 1-2 bad days a week. Big hugs all!
 
Hi Gail...I didn't know about you having Crohns or should I say in remission :yay: but I'm sure that doesn't help with having the hurting knee. Bless you sweet one. I sure hope things improve every day.
I was out and about today. Running..lol..(I wish), here and there and now am back home and having to elevate and ice. The price you pay, huh?... Oh well, sure looking forward to better days!!
Hope you are having a great weekend and take care!! Lots of hugs, Gilda
 
Hello Nanners, wow chons ontop of knee replacement. my best friend has it so i know a little about what you are going through. i think you are doing great! and you have have given everyone in here such good advice. hang in therewe all have too just my two cents.
 
I swear I would love to be able to walk more without my knee swelling and protesting so much. Yesterday we went to Walmart to look for some ankle weights, so I can work on straightening out my knee more. Had to get the motorized cart to get thru the store. Just walking a small distance my knee protests.

I think that must be the one thing we all wish for, getting back to a more normal life. Patience Gail, patience:) LOL
 
I sure understand what your saying! I can walk through Trader Joe's OK, but I use the electric cart at Whole Paycheck. Today I ran into one of my PTs at Whole Paycheck and he asked why I was using the cart. I said that even if the new knee was up to it, the other one was not. But I felt embarrassed and I also had what looked like a mountain of food in my cart! Figure he is thinking "this really fat woman does not need all that food", but I was stocking up on my almond milk and rice milk and I had a ton of reusable bags in the cart hidden by my groceries! :gaah: But bringing all the bags of groceries into the house is challenging and I was achy by the time I got everything unloaded. So I am back doing what I do so much of: icing and elevating. :headbang:
 
Ooh I would tell that therapist, cuz I had a knee replacement and walking on concrete floors too long kills my knee and I suffer more for it later. I so get ya Lisa, every little thing I do, poof the knee swells up. I guess thats our lot for awhile. Lisa you stay safe in the storm. Will be thinking of you all in the storms path. Hugs!
 
Gail,

I don't mind that the PT gets after me. It is his job to challenge me and push me and I would rather he did that than the opposite. Yes, sometimes it makes me feel inadequate but I get over it. Most people, myself included, need to be pushed to trust the knee and that she can do things that you might think she can't. I know some of the things they asked me to do in PT, I would point blank say "I'm scared" but they held my hand (literally) or held onto me or gave me something to hold onto, and I did whatever it was, and I would say to myself, "wow I can do that!". It might have hurt some or hurt afterwards or even been too challenging, but it was one more hurdle that I would cross that made me trust my knee a little bit more.

I think I was more embarrassed given what looked like the mountain of food in my cart. If I had run into my other PT (who is pregnant) I probably would not have felt that way, but this PT is an extremely good looking young man who looks very nice in tight pants! Something dormant gets awakened with him. :spin:

Actually, my knee does not seem to swell much anymore, at least it does not look like it. But I am sure on a low level it does a little so that is why I continue the elevation. Unfortunately, this whole process has been hard on my other knee, but she is not quite ready to be replaced yet. So I end up icing them both after trips out as I am not always sure which one hurts worse! :gaah:

But I have all the food I need for the storm and am now ready to hunker down and just wait. I got the deck secured for anything that might blow about and right now it has just gotten colder and a little more breezy.

Hugs back to you!
 
Gail when I was in Home health, the therapists were terrific! I remember on trick to gaining extension was to lie face down on my bed with the knees at the end and the rest sticking over! At first it was 30 seconds then a minute, then they put a rolled up towell to add a little weight. Ice it down and then see if this little trick help! Within 2 weeks I was at at zero and I started at 14, :happydance:
 
:loll:Elanor, I understand about not wanting people to see what is in your shopping cart. I use to hide candy or cookies under other things all the time in case I ran into anyone. Really had to laugh though as you described your male therapist that he "awakens" something in you. Now that is the guy you need to do the leg massage. Then you can keep telling him to go a little higher, a little higher and so on and so on...
 
:happydance: :happydance:
Debbie,

Man, I cracked up reading your post! He is the one who typically does the deep tissue massage, not my other one. I will have to remember that for next time, "higher, a little higher". He would probably die! But then so would I. I will just have "to lust in my heart". (Now which President said that???).

Yes, the whole grocery cart thing can be an issue. But at least this time I had it filled with good things, just a lot of them! :spin:

We may mostly be middle aged and older folks on this forum, but just goes to show you we aren't dead yet! At least in the Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll department!
 
Elanor, that would be Jimmy Carter that had the lust in his heart. Me, I would rather act out on my lust and then blame it on senility. Old people can do anything and get away with it... I can just see you laying there and hunky PT guy start massaging you and you start squirming and laughing and he will wonder what the heck is up with you.
 
Gail, my extension is -7 to -10 depending on whether I go to PT from work (which lately I have had NO choice) or if I can go home first and ice then heat. It will come for us, I know it will.
 
Debbie,

I better not be squirming and laughing next time. I may end up jumping on his bones! :yes: :giggle:
I think getting a new knee has woken up something dormant. Maybe once I start getting around better and feeling "normal" (whenever that happens) I might start acting on it. He is a definite hunk, but way too young. LOL!
 
Elanor, ditto. I only lost 10 pounds with my TKR, bringing me down to a "slim" 244. I had assumed I'd lose more considering my lack of appetite and eating little, but then I was moving little too. Now that I'm independent, I can go buy C & C (candy and cookies, LOL) but as covertly as possible.

All, I have recently started resting my foot on my exercise ball and adding ankle weights to help the extension BUT since I no longer go to PT and the OS doesn't need to see me for a year, how do I know if I'm progressing or regressing?
 
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