I am so sorry to hear of your loss. It must be making your recovery additionally burdensome.
I have to make this surgery work
It is a slow process and we cannot rush our knees.
No you don't MAKE this work, you ALLOW it to work. So your second comment is correct - you cannot rush things!
for how long do we use the stockings
I only wore mine for 4 days. If you are mobile and walking, you don't need them.
can i sleep on my stomach? my physio sys no...also can we cross our legs while sitting.
Well IF you can then there's no reason not to. So I have no idea why your physio should say you can't. That's just daft!
my physio said...never to cross my legs
Again, IF you can do it, then no reason why not to. Personally it took me months to do that but then my legs are very fat so it was probably more a question of bulk than anything!
how much did u walk at 1 month.
go for a walk in the morning, and a walk in the afternoon/evening
I wouldn't do that. Follow the routine in this article
Activity progression for TKRs
at 5 weeks I am still limping and waddling. i think i need to walk a lot more
Absolutely not! That's not the way to overcome limping and waddling! Read the article I just left you.
my calf muscles are weak and pain a lot
Actually they are not weak, they are INJURED. Quite different.
my ROM of left leg is 90 and right is 100.is it ok?
That's fantastic for only 5 weeks. So stop worrying!
Hey, have you had both knees done? I mean both done at the same time? If not, when did you have the other one done?
You also said your knees are paining, so I'm going to ask you some questions and it would be very helpful if you would answer each one individually - numbered as I have done - in as much detail as you can then I'll come back as see where you are ....
1. what are your pain levels right now?
(remember the 1-10 scale: 1 = no pain and 10 = the worst you can imagine. And don't compare this with the bone-on-bone pain you had before surgery!
) Also don't forget to include other forms of pain such as soreness, burning, stabbing, throbbing, aching, swelling and stiffness
2. what pain medications have you been prescribed, how much are you taking (in mg please) and how often?
3. how often are you icing your knee and for how long?
4. are you elevating your leg, how often and for how long?
5. what is your activity level? What do you do in the way of housework, cooking, cleaning, shopping, etc., and
6. what kind of PT exercises and exercises at home are you doing? How much and how often? (and
detailed details would be appreciated, please! **Reps, sets and sessions** and all that)
** If you're not familiar with this, it goes like so:
1 lift of your leg = 1 rep (repetition)
5 reps and then a brief rest = 1 set
5 sets and finishing = 1 session.
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). I think the leg crossing restriction is something they give to total hip patients but I'm not sure why not for knees. Though it is not comfortable at first so I didn't try it until quite a ways in.
