rom loss morning/evening

[stp12]

hi you all tkr people,first off all the best wishes to josephine and her genesis 2 knee!!! my cuestion is if here are aslo some people who are experincing rom loss in the morning and evening? in the morning is start off with 80/85 rom then during the day by going to pt or what so ever it goes to 90/95 sometimes 100, but then in the evening when i am some time behind the pc etc en then off the bed the rom agian goes done to 80/85 grrr that depreses me because i pratice a lot,5 times per week pt,swimming,masages,cpm at home,dry needling.and still poor rom,next month i go back to me os and will talk about the posibilities of open mua or arthrolysis to get some more rom.i am only 35 and i need my rom,futher funcioning of my oxinium genesis 2 is GREAT, no pain at all,i am at 17 weeks post op. greetings stp12

 

[Josephine]

I would have said that was to be expected and now, being a kneesie myself, I know it is! As you spend a period at night motionless, it stands to reason things are going to stiffen up, also when you spend time at the computer. I am experiencing that myself.

I'm glad you're pleased with your Genesis II but would be most grateful if you could tell me with what, exactly, you are comparing it? I mean, how do you know it's better with a Genesis than with any other implant. I can't quite get my head round this one!

 

[stp12]

Smith & Nephew's Genesis II
OXINIUM(TM) Total Knee System is the first orthopaedic product to gain the C1
Category reimbursement,The C1 classification rewards innovative products with a higher
reimbursement price and is reserved for those products where the advantages
are recognized by the MHLW over other available products,and my os says the same that at the moment its the most reliable tested knee. you have one not? also de oxinium?

 

[Josephine]

Mine's not oxinium, just cobalt chrome. But I still want to know (little devil that I am!) what you are comparing it with to feel it's performance is so great! I mean, if you were buying a car, you could say as I know you'd have driven other cars before and therefore have something to compare it with. But with this, I just cannot figure out how you can make such a judgement, never mind what other people or agencies are saying about it.

 

[Rowdy66]

I am with you on this one Jo. (Big surprise, huh?) There is, of course, no answer to the question as unless you have had multiple knee replacements trying out different prosthesis you can't know.

I still have no idea what kind of knees my OS used. I am probably the only person on here that doesn't know and the worst part is I probably never will. All I know is it isn't knock kneed and it doesn't hurt so I LIKE IT!!!

So here's to all the many and various prosthesis that are available, may we all have ones we feel are the best.

I did get a bit of a chuckle on this one. Sorry, Janet

 

[stp12]

hi josephine you litle devil jeje,as far as i know os al over the world have tested several knee designs with patients and from that they say that the genesis 2 is at the moment the most reliable prostheses,greetings francois