Speak up! I was a vigorous PT participant both of my TKR's but always at my own level (which tended to ODIC per my personality LOL!). No PT pushed me, or gave me down-trodden comments or criticisms.my robotic TKR was Feb. 27, 2023. glad to be reading these comments, my therapist goes WAY too hard sometimes & has me seeing stars!
Please do NOT let them do this to you. It is much too soon in recovery.weight strapped on to help straighten the leg!
Hi Tbones, had my left one done 2/15 so almost 5 weeks out, how are you doing? Where did you do your surgery? This is an experience!Hi, right robotic TKR done Feb 27, 2023
Also did mine roboticallyHi Tbones, had my left one done 2/15 so almost 5 weeks out, how are you doing? Where did you do your surgery? This is an experience!Hi, right robotic TKR done Feb 27, 2023
Welcome! Just say NO to the physical therapist.my robotic TKR was Feb. 27, 2023. glad to be reading these comments, my therapist goes WAY too hard sometimes & has me seeing stars!
hi, thanks for sharing your info! I have told them I'm not going on my stomach & hanging or pulling my knee backwards with a strap, and I complain every time they cause me extreme pain, which is still basically every session! how did you get your therapists to listen?Hi T-bones and welcome to recovery.
I'm 9 weeks post op with my second tkr. Fortunately, I found Bonesmart prior to first tkr. I followed the Bonesmart way of recovery (gentle pt...and not much of it) both times. I had, and am having, good recoveries. Range if motion is good. And I don't suffer through aggressively painful PT sessions.
You have to speak up and let your therapist know you will not accept certain movements. Or find another. I had to do that first tkr.
Good luck and....it does gradually get better!
I stopped going.how did you get your therapists to listen?
Who is bending your knee back?! That is a big ! All that does is cause more inflammation, swelling and pain. That is setting your recovery back. You don't want that.I have a new extreme pain down the outside calf of my surgical knee when they are bending it back!
You tell them "NO!". When the PT at the hospital came to my room shortly after my surgery, she had me sit in a chair. Of course, I couldn't bend my knee well that soon after surgery, so she took her foot and started to push my foot back. I yelled, "NO, stop it!" She said she was going to tell on me. What?! Were we in elementary school? I told her to go ahead, that I didn't care.I complain every time they cause me extreme pain, which is still basically every session! how did you get your therapists to listen?
Wow, that’s amazing! With them pushing hard I’m at 107 & 9. I’m going to be very clear on Monday no more painful stuff! Thanks for the support. May I ask what exercises or stretches did you do? I also had a huge rotator cuff surgery May 2022The first tkr I left in the middle of pt. Just took my walker and hobbled away LOL
About 2 weeks post op the therapist had me hold onto a bar and told me to do SQUATS! He had helped me so much with back issues prior to tkr. Told him I can't do squats. He got an attitude and said I wouldn't have a good recovery and he walked away. So did I. I found another place.
This time I had rehabbed a shoulder replacement spring 2022 and liked the place I went to. I had a prehab with them prior to this tkr. I told them I wouldnt tolerate any kind of aggressive pt. And I would wait 4 weeks to start. Mouths dropped open LOL! If they didn't agree I'd go elsewhere. They agreed. I restated again first appt....no pushing, no bending. They complied. I went 5 times. The first was just evaluation. By 5th I had 120 flex, 4 extension. I could do the rest on my own. I just didn't go back. I graduated myself LOL.
You don't have to put up with anything that hurts you and your new knee. Those are your rights. There is no shortage of PT offices out there. If they won't listen to you, leave. Before they do damage.
Your only 4 weeks post op. Let yourself rest and heal.