Cindy
new member
HI, everybody,
I am having a problem and wonder if anyone has experiences this: Had bilateral TKR on Dec. 9 and made a good recovery, walking without a cane after 9 days, ROM to 136 after a few weeks, very good leg strength, walking fine on level ground.
The problem is stairs. I have a lot of pain going down stairs, and it is on the outside edge of my kneecaps. I can't go straight down stairs because of the pain and must side-step. I went to my ortho and he did ex-rays and said that I have a slight tilt to me patella and that physical therapy will help by loosening the it band. So, I have just completed 6 weeks more of PT working specifically on this, and an not any better at all. I am worried. Has anyone else had this problem? It is slight patella maltracking.
I am having a problem and wonder if anyone has experiences this: Had bilateral TKR on Dec. 9 and made a good recovery, walking without a cane after 9 days, ROM to 136 after a few weeks, very good leg strength, walking fine on level ground.
The problem is stairs. I have a lot of pain going down stairs, and it is on the outside edge of my kneecaps. I can't go straight down stairs because of the pain and must side-step. I went to my ortho and he did ex-rays and said that I have a slight tilt to me patella and that physical therapy will help by loosening the it band. So, I have just completed 6 weeks more of PT working specifically on this, and an not any better at all. I am worried. Has anyone else had this problem? It is slight patella maltracking.