Hello everyone. I had my TKA back on November 14th 2018. Finally found BoneSmart a few days ago, wish I had found it a lot sooner.
Thank you to all those who was posted and replied to everybody and for all the articles and information. Simply excellent and useful.
I was having all the usual struggles in the last 4 weeks. However, my progress has been great. I left the hospital within a day walking with a walker with the range of 83. Had 90 at the 2 week mark.
Had the usual ups and downs that everyone seems to describe. I now have the range of 100 unaided and 110 with help. My extension is very close to a zero. I never had a really big problem all the way along. Over the last weekend I have a concerning change. My range on a heel slide is still good. However, I have developed extreme stiffness and some pain on the outer side of my knee (feels like band up and down). It feels like an IT band issue.
I also have new tightness just below the kneecap. Just a note, the kneecap is totally my own, just cleaned up. The stiffness does not come into play on a heel slide much but is extremely limiting when I am standing and try to lift my leg behind me like you would for a quad stretch when you would grab your ankle or to lift the leg to take a regular walking step.
I am wondering if I should be calling my OS about this change. It has persisted for several days now. My PT thought maybe we over did it on Friday and we went really light on Monday and I have been very nice to my knee. I'm doing all the icing and elevating as I should. However it feels like something is really getting stuck and I am concerned. It seems to be worsening.
I also now swell more easily and improve it with more difficulty than before. Any insight would be most appreciated as I went from actually being comfortable walking to the bathroom unaided to now feeling the need for my Walker again.
I have read all of the articles that the moderators typically send out as well as many threads and replies. If this has happened because perhaps something was overdone at PT or by me at home, how long can I expect before it calms down? I feel like I am doing everything to calm it down and it seems to be worsening.
One other note, I am on Percocet mostly at night but we added Advil a week ago. I am on aspirin daily for 1 more week for clot prevention. With this change I have had to up the Percs more often. I was on hydromorph post op but it wasn't super effective for me so hence the swap to Perc.
Thanks in advance for any and all insights.
Thank you to all those who was posted and replied to everybody and for all the articles and information. Simply excellent and useful.
I was having all the usual struggles in the last 4 weeks. However, my progress has been great. I left the hospital within a day walking with a walker with the range of 83. Had 90 at the 2 week mark.
Had the usual ups and downs that everyone seems to describe. I now have the range of 100 unaided and 110 with help. My extension is very close to a zero. I never had a really big problem all the way along. Over the last weekend I have a concerning change. My range on a heel slide is still good. However, I have developed extreme stiffness and some pain on the outer side of my knee (feels like band up and down). It feels like an IT band issue.
I also have new tightness just below the kneecap. Just a note, the kneecap is totally my own, just cleaned up. The stiffness does not come into play on a heel slide much but is extremely limiting when I am standing and try to lift my leg behind me like you would for a quad stretch when you would grab your ankle or to lift the leg to take a regular walking step.
I am wondering if I should be calling my OS about this change. It has persisted for several days now. My PT thought maybe we over did it on Friday and we went really light on Monday and I have been very nice to my knee. I'm doing all the icing and elevating as I should. However it feels like something is really getting stuck and I am concerned. It seems to be worsening.
I also now swell more easily and improve it with more difficulty than before. Any insight would be most appreciated as I went from actually being comfortable walking to the bathroom unaided to now feeling the need for my Walker again.
I have read all of the articles that the moderators typically send out as well as many threads and replies. If this has happened because perhaps something was overdone at PT or by me at home, how long can I expect before it calms down? I feel like I am doing everything to calm it down and it seems to be worsening.
One other note, I am on Percocet mostly at night but we added Advil a week ago. I am on aspirin daily for 1 more week for clot prevention. With this change I have had to up the Percs more often. I was on hydromorph post op but it wasn't super effective for me so hence the swap to Perc.
Thanks in advance for any and all insights.