I am 5 months out of knee replacement. I had my other knee done last yr & doing great with it, no pain. How I wish I had kept a journal on the progress of that one & what I experienced from month to month. With this 2nd knee I keep having a feeling of tightness & stiffness on the outer right side of the knee for some time now every day. I still have trouble going down steps also. This stiffness & tightness is always there. It's more tightness than stifness. Also I can't lie in bed on that side without experiencing pain which is my favorite side to lie in bed. Using a pillow makes no difference. If anyone else has experienced this I would appreciate hearing from you. When I talked to my knee surgeon about it at my last check up he didn't seem too concerned. He thought it may be a ligament. He said to come back in December if I still had this. Last month I had been walking for 30 min a day & that made it worse so now I walked twice a day for 15 minutes, once in the a.m & then at night.
Sharon
Sharon