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1 week out from my Total Knee Replacement but still can not lift leg.

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Garyknee
Garyknee

Good morning All.

8 Days after my TKR I'm still having no luck lifting my leg.

When i ask about this i get, well it Should come back...

if anyone else out there has gone through this, please share how, if and when movement returned. Sitting in a chair I'm able to lift the leg that didn't have surgery, straighten that knee, lifting that foot as high as i want. The side that had Total knee replacement, nothing at all! I'm able to move that foot and ankle with no problem. But leg... Nothing!

Any words at all from anyone that has been there would Greatly be appreciated!!

Thank You!!!

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  • ann18637
    ann18637 Garyknee

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    Hi Gary yes at first your leg feels very heavy and tender but don't worry it's normal. Keep on exercising etc but remember not to push it if it's hurting stop and ice. It's a patient game no pain no gain but it's worth it. Had both done within a year of each other and now to be free of pain is fab. My last one was 3 months ago and my quality of life is back. Take it easy and you'll feel the benefits but as they say, Rome wasn't built in a day.

  • kerry2023
    kerry2023 Garyknee

    Posted

    hi, hoping someone could please help me, it's been 3 weeks since my TKR, I had a epidural and was then put to sleep, when I woke I had horrendous pain in my back and hip, not my knee, I told the Dr's and nurses and seemed to be brushed off, now 3 weeks on if I try to lift my leg I can't and I'm still getting really bad back and hip pain, i cant even to put on a pair of socks, I was wondering if this has happened to anyone else as I'm getting really concerned about it,

    many thanks

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