Lynne
new member
Hi Everyone,
I found this forum through a Google search last night and just registered today.
Back in 1991 I did a simple twisting around motion which resulted in a "Separation of prepatellar & prefemoral fat pads - joint effusion, tear in meniscus". At the time I was an over the road trucker and the pain eventually went away so nothing was ever done surgically. But from that time on I have been unable to bend my knee completely. I also have inherited from my Mom the "arthritis gene" according to my Ortho and both knees are now shot, so over the years the ROM has decreased even more. I'm scheduled for TKR in May (if I don't chicken out) and am wondering how much of an increase in this ROM I can expect to achieve after TKR. I can live with the pain (for now with the help of pain meds and warm weather) but the stiffness and lack of range of motion is what severly limits me and makes me want the replacement now.
Blessings!
I found this forum through a Google search last night and just registered today.
Back in 1991 I did a simple twisting around motion which resulted in a "Separation of prepatellar & prefemoral fat pads - joint effusion, tear in meniscus". At the time I was an over the road trucker and the pain eventually went away so nothing was ever done surgically. But from that time on I have been unable to bend my knee completely. I also have inherited from my Mom the "arthritis gene" according to my Ortho and both knees are now shot, so over the years the ROM has decreased even more. I'm scheduled for TKR in May (if I don't chicken out) and am wondering how much of an increase in this ROM I can expect to achieve after TKR. I can live with the pain (for now with the help of pain meds and warm weather) but the stiffness and lack of range of motion is what severly limits me and makes me want the replacement now.
Blessings!