Good morning and thanks for all the great pre- and post-op info this site provides. I've been reading for months and finally have a question I can't fully answer with the search function.
First, my particulars:
56 y/o Male
Both knees medial PKR
Right: 2 November 2022
Left: 18 January 2023
Both of my surgeries were outpatient with no complications. For the most part, I've been following my OS' direction re at-home PT. I'm going to the gym now, focusing on the right leg until released to do strengthening on the left. I'm at 0 degrees or better extension on both knees. Flexion is 130+ on the right and 120+ on the left. I feel generally that I'm making good progress.
Finally, to my question....I understand some clicking or clunking is normal from when the polymer on the tibia makes contact with the metal on the femur. I'm getting a clunk with my left knee that doesn't feel or sound like that contact. It is not painful and I don't really directly feel it, but feel the vibration, if that makes sense. The clunk can be heard by others.
The clunking is loudest when walking and my knee makes the noise at the point my leg is straightened but before my foot makes contact with the ground. I can also make it clunk by standing on my right and bending my left between 0 and 30 degrees without putting my left foot on the ground. The sound is heard at both the flex and the extension when i do this. I do not get the sound while squatting down to about 30 degrees flexion and straightening. For comparison, this did not happen with my right knee.
Have others experienced this? And more importantly, did it go away?
First, my particulars:
56 y/o Male
Both knees medial PKR
Right: 2 November 2022
Left: 18 January 2023
Both of my surgeries were outpatient with no complications. For the most part, I've been following my OS' direction re at-home PT. I'm going to the gym now, focusing on the right leg until released to do strengthening on the left. I'm at 0 degrees or better extension on both knees. Flexion is 130+ on the right and 120+ on the left. I feel generally that I'm making good progress.
Finally, to my question....I understand some clicking or clunking is normal from when the polymer on the tibia makes contact with the metal on the femur. I'm getting a clunk with my left knee that doesn't feel or sound like that contact. It is not painful and I don't really directly feel it, but feel the vibration, if that makes sense. The clunk can be heard by others.
The clunking is loudest when walking and my knee makes the noise at the point my leg is straightened but before my foot makes contact with the ground. I can also make it clunk by standing on my right and bending my left between 0 and 30 degrees without putting my left foot on the ground. The sound is heard at both the flex and the extension when i do this. I do not get the sound while squatting down to about 30 degrees flexion and straightening. For comparison, this did not happen with my right knee.
Have others experienced this? And more importantly, did it go away?
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