juniper
senior
I was having lots of pain, pretty much had given up on being able to walk without pain. Finally got a good PT...huge effort to do that, but I'm glad I made it. I have tendonitis under the knee. I thought it was something wrong with the actual prosthetic. So, at a year and a half, I am finally making the kind of progress I expected to be making at six months. Here's an exercise my PT now has me doing that I think is making a difference. I lie on my stomach and simply glide the knee up in a bend as far as it will go. Sometimes I hold, other times I just bend and release it to the bed. Another is with a machine at the gym. Low (ten pound weight), seat back as far forward as possible and I put both legs under one of those padded roll things. raise with both legs and lower slowly with the TKR leg. She explained that my tendon is all cross hatched and that this will lengthen and encourage it to heal in smoother line. Since everyone I see says I'm walking better after two weeks, I am going to keep on. If I haven't been clear and anyone wants to see a photo of the machine, I can take one. Just ask. I am so psyched that I am actually going to be able to hike soon. I am convinced!