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KneeAware
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@RestAssured
It is keeping me from "enjoying life" as you say because most everything I do I do it with some level of pain and discomfort. I can't slow down much though because I have two kids with two schedules, two jobs and a husband with 3 blown discs in his back.
It is keeping me from "enjoying life" as you say because most everything I do I do it with some level of pain and discomfort. I can't slow down much though because I have two kids with two schedules, two jobs and a husband with 3 blown discs in his back.
RestAssured
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Well,
Sometimes it is live the best life you can at the moment! You have your hands full! My hands are empty, so that also makes a big difference!
KneeAware
post-grad
@RestAssured
"Sometimes it is live the best life you can at the moment!"
I agree with this statement 100% and its what I am doing. It may seem like it from my posts here that I am lamenting about my knee all the time, really I don't do that at all unless its so bad that I have to stop doing what I was doing. Then I either get ticked off at the knee or down about the whole thing. Thank goodness BS to turn to in those moments...
"Sometimes it is live the best life you can at the moment!"
I agree with this statement 100% and its what I am doing. It may seem like it from my posts here that I am lamenting about my knee all the time, really I don't do that at all unless its so bad that I have to stop doing what I was doing. Then I either get ticked off at the knee or down about the whole thing. Thank goodness BS to turn to in those moments...
skigirl
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You do have a lot on your plate---I would not cancel the appt with the OS--but I WOULD cance the appt with the pt!!! He has not called back in two weeks??? You do not need this person in your life. Find another pt. I went to several pt places nearest to my house, asked to talk to the owner---you can find out a lot about their philosophy very quickly. There are much better pts in the world than that one.
ladymax
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I had a partial knee replacement May 21.
KneeAware
post-grad
@skigirl
Still no appointment with PT, if I could find a good exercise program online I would do it! I will call again in the morning and leave yet another message. Its a hour drive each way to get to physio, so I am okay with the not going but would like to learn the exercises that should help with the patellar maltracking.
Still no appointment with PT, if I could find a good exercise program online I would do it! I will call again in the morning and leave yet another message. Its a hour drive each way to get to physio, so I am okay with the not going but would like to learn the exercises that should help with the patellar maltracking.
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Here is the exercise program that David, one of our members who is a pt and Jamie put together.
Exercises for TKRs: do-it-yourself exercises from basic to advanced
Exercises for TKRs: do-it-yourself exercises from basic to advanced
skigirl
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The Patella maltracking is often caused by a weak VMO which is one of your quad muscles. It is just above your kneecap. I know that Sonja @RestAssured worked on her VMO for a long time with her pt, perhaps she has some exercises for you.
KneeAware
post-grad
This phsio is just to comfirm or rule out if it is patellar maltracking...
I was doing "Sit comfortably in a chair and put your fingers at the top of your kneecap. Move your fingers up an inch, and inwards an inch so you are on a soft fleshy bit – this is the VMO. Push your knee and foot down into the floor and you should feel the muscle tighten/clench under your fingers." I found a lump just above my kneecap, checked and there isn't one on my other knee, I pushed on it and it hurt, a lot, too much. Its not a hard bony type one but neither is it soft. @Josephine What is your opinion on this? Do you think I ma adding one too many things to an already full plate and just just forget about it?
I was doing "Sit comfortably in a chair and put your fingers at the top of your kneecap. Move your fingers up an inch, and inwards an inch so you are on a soft fleshy bit – this is the VMO. Push your knee and foot down into the floor and you should feel the muscle tighten/clench under your fingers." I found a lump just above my kneecap, checked and there isn't one on my other knee, I pushed on it and it hurt, a lot, too much. Its not a hard bony type one but neither is it soft. @Josephine What is your opinion on this? Do you think I ma adding one too many things to an already full plate and just just forget about it?
hopefaith
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@Josephine I am not sure I should take your time in asking this ignorant question.....I didn't know who else to tag. Why would a OS do a PKR when they are already in there? I just don't understand the rationale. I get that part of the knee is not "bad", but it makes no sense to me when the knee is already in that much surgical trauma anyway, to only replace part of it. I am sorry to bother you with this, but I think you have some thoughts on the matter. I do hope I am not stepping on toes (or knees).
Thank you so much for all you do. You have created a site that has made my recovery tolerable (I would have felt so alone without this.) and I have made so many wonderful connections.
~hopefaith
Thank you so much for all you do. You have created a site that has made my recovery tolerable (I would have felt so alone without this.) and I have made so many wonderful connections.
~hopefaith
Josephine
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Then there's obviously some inflammation in there but what the root of it is really needs a doctor to examine. I admit myself unable to offer an opinion on this so am going to tag our dear @Orthodoc
Well, let me offer you an analogy - would it make sense to you to have a tooth extracted instead of just filled? That's about the size of it. A lot of partials do work and work quite well. But too many don't. Often because the arthritis progresses to other parts of the joint. But this is not always the case and surgeons have to make a judgement on each case as to what's best for the patient. Difficult decision.
KneeAware
post-grad
@hopefaith I had two partials because of injury not arthritis so it would seem silly to replace the healthy parts of my knee when only the one part was damaged.
hopefaith
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Orthodoc
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Jo, This is hard to say. I would need to examine the knee to get a better understanding, otherwise the answer is more of a shot in the dark.
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KneeAware
post-grad
I finally got an appointment for physio, its the 24th of June so I will at least get in 4 of the eights weeks that the dr requested. 
KneeAware
post-grad
I had the 1st physio session last on the 24th...lots of new exercises and lots of new hurt, lol! Naw, the PT is a firm believer in "if it hurts, don't do it." She is puzzled by how my knee is behaving, she said its just like a meniscual tear but I don't have a meniscus there anymore, she even looked at the x-rays to make sure that I have a partial there.
KneeAware
post-grad
Two weeks of physio down, if anything "the knee" is getting worse maybe a little more time and it will turn around the other way. I am teetering on the point of discouragement and not wanting to do this anymore, this is not what I had envisioned or anticipated. Its hard some days when my knee is being particularily uncooperative, we have such busy schedules its hard to keep up on those days. I am in the duel roles of mom and dad for a few months while dad is in the US seeking treatment for a serious back issue...guess the knee problem is magnified because I am alone with the kids and it worries me that its not getting better.
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