teacheri35
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- Nov 10, 2023
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United States
I am at day 8 post op. 2 pt sessions down. Greatest hurdle has been heel slides. Despite appropriate pain med use, I am struggling with day after PT swelling and subsequent pain. PT 'listened' to my concerns about pain on PT day 2, yet pushed beyond pain threshold to bring.me to tears. I have fabulous extensions (-2) and was about 60 on natural flexion and 75 forced flexion. My quad is not firing consistently. I have a very high pain tolerance, yet the pain is breaking through. Afterwards, I use R.I.C.E. and just try walking hourly. After day 2, I have swelling and deep leg pain in calf and thigh. PT asked me to focus on flexion using strap to pull ankle to hip when laying belly down. Attempted that last night and made it 30 seconds, but pain was so intense once I released it took five minutes to roll to back. I know tkr is not easy ( like rotator cuffs- I have had 2), but the pain is beyond me.