Still Limping After 8 Weeks

[johnc]

I Have Pain In The Back Of My Knee After A Couple Of Hours Moving Around The House Or Yard, The Front Of My Knee Only Hurts Me After Pt. The Back Feels Like Muscle Pain. Is This Normal After 7 Weeks Of A Tkr. John

 

[referee54]

I had a bilateral on November 8th of 2007---I went back to school onJanuary 3rd witha limp---I guess I limped and gimped for 3-4 months. It was April before things got back to "normal.." Do not be discouraged---thngs will be OK.

Tim C.

 

[Doug]

John,
It is normal to hurt all over at just 7 weeks. Your leg, if it is like most of ours is in the process of healing and realigning with your new prosthesis. Just keep up the exercise, take some anti inflammation, ice it down and be patient.----I know, hard to do isn't it??
I'm at six months post op. Still improving and have more good days than bad.

 

[referee54]

Remember, there was sawing, cutting, drilling, gluing, and healing. I also imagine that you, like many of us, were slightly to moderately bow-legged. (I was,) and the muscles had to do some figuring out for themselves and re-allign themselves. It takes about eight weeks, I was told, for the replacement to become "permanent." Hang in there.. You will work through it!

Tim C.

 

[Rowdy66]

Everyone heals at their own pace, if you go back through the posts you will see people who have very little pain from the time they wake up after surgery to people who take the better part of a year to heal completely. Whatever pace you are healing at is okay so long as you have discussed it with your surgeon and he says it is normal. You just can't look at the progress someone else is making and feel bad about your own progress because you are slower or feel smug because you are ahead of the curve. I think if you have a problem that is bothering you to the point this is bothering you that perhaps a phone call to your surgeon would be in order or maybe even a visit. Rowdy

 

[Turtlelady53]

Remember, there was sawing, cutting, drilling, gluing, and healing. I also imagine that you, like many of us, were slightly to moderately bow-legged. (I was,) and the muscles had to do some figuring out for themselves and re-allign themselves. It takes about eight weeks, I was told, for the replacement to become "permanent." Hang in there.. You will work through it!

Tim C.

Thanks for that reminder. I am at 4 weeks (tomorrow) and very frustrated at my slow pace with only about 80 ROM. Anyway, I have always been very bow-legged all my life, and it only got worse once OA set in. I can only think that the complete reallignment of my legs is having an affect on my rehab process.
Sharon

 

[dar]

I echo that slow pace thing. You can't let other's progress get you down. I'm at 9 weeks and I'm not at all where I thought I 'd be. I have pain in the back of my knee also. It especially hurts at PT when they are pushing my leg up the table. They have me stretching the leg a lot to help those muscles. The aches and pains tend to move around on me. I hurt on the sides and then it goes to below the knee then at the knee cap and then..... I just wati a couple of days and it moves. But that back pain is always there when I do ROM exercises. When I mention it to my PT they always say "well, it was a major surgery" and they keep having me work. Hopefully I'm not on that year plan, but I'm confident I am getting better. -- Slower than I want, but it is better.
dar