Hi Folks
Well I have an OS appointment on November 14th and really want to avoid an MUA so I have been really cranking the knees on my own as I am going to PT only once a week.
The left one has been very good at 120-125 ROM and about 0 to -1 extension. This is is even with this very annoying pain on the lateral side of the knee right at the top of the tibia, just below the joint line. It is a sharp and seems to be just at the point the PT puts his hand.
The right one has always been behind and is around 110 to 115 and -2. Last Wednesday at PT we had to slow down at the right knee had puffed up some. I was also starting to get some twitchy feeling in a spot similar to the one on the left. On Friday I found it hard to do my exercises but kept pushing it, Saturday morning it was feeling strange (not the sharp pin point pain like the left) more of a dull one. More noticeable when I moved the whole leg side to side or when I bent it to do my hip exercises. Well by early afternoon I could not get through the exercises and the left was also getting worse. I did not want to lose ground with Nov 14th so close so I thought I would take a pain pill and see if that would clear it up. Big mistake as I had not taken one for 2 1/2 months (been very lucky and have had very little pain and by 10 weeks was just using mega aspirin which is the NSAID I use) and got violently ill and spent the day in bed as the room was spinning and the nausea was pretty good. All that and it didn't too much. Did use alot of ice.
Went to PT today and the right one is back to a 10 degree contracture. The PT put on a steroid drug patch and decided not to inflame it anymore so we only did exercise on 1 side.
Just wondering if anyone else has they sore spots. These feel different the hips which he is pretty sure is bursitis.
Thanks for the help
Simon
I had BTKR on June 3rd, spent 11 days at inpatient rehab and started outpatient rehab at the end of June -- 3x till end of September, 2x in October and planned on 1x week in November though am going back earlier because of this.
Well I have an OS appointment on November 14th and really want to avoid an MUA so I have been really cranking the knees on my own as I am going to PT only once a week.
The left one has been very good at 120-125 ROM and about 0 to -1 extension. This is is even with this very annoying pain on the lateral side of the knee right at the top of the tibia, just below the joint line. It is a sharp and seems to be just at the point the PT puts his hand.
The right one has always been behind and is around 110 to 115 and -2. Last Wednesday at PT we had to slow down at the right knee had puffed up some. I was also starting to get some twitchy feeling in a spot similar to the one on the left. On Friday I found it hard to do my exercises but kept pushing it, Saturday morning it was feeling strange (not the sharp pin point pain like the left) more of a dull one. More noticeable when I moved the whole leg side to side or when I bent it to do my hip exercises. Well by early afternoon I could not get through the exercises and the left was also getting worse. I did not want to lose ground with Nov 14th so close so I thought I would take a pain pill and see if that would clear it up. Big mistake as I had not taken one for 2 1/2 months (been very lucky and have had very little pain and by 10 weeks was just using mega aspirin which is the NSAID I use) and got violently ill and spent the day in bed as the room was spinning and the nausea was pretty good. All that and it didn't too much. Did use alot of ice.
Went to PT today and the right one is back to a 10 degree contracture. The PT put on a steroid drug patch and decided not to inflame it anymore so we only did exercise on 1 side.
Just wondering if anyone else has they sore spots. These feel different the hips which he is pretty sure is bursitis.
Thanks for the help
Simon
I had BTKR on June 3rd, spent 11 days at inpatient rehab and started outpatient rehab at the end of June -- 3x till end of September, 2x in October and planned on 1x week in November though am going back earlier because of this.