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1 year after knee replacement

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terri90278
terri90278

Hi there. I’m 14 months post TKR. It was a long difficult haul but after about 10 months I was finally better. I even took a wonderful trip to Peru that I had canceled last year to have the surgery. Then, out of nowhere, about a week ago my knee started hurting like it did a few months post surgery. It’s not stiff, just painful. Any thoughts?

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  • Rcurry17
    Rcurry17 terri90278

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    As long as it is soft tissue pain and discomfort I wouldn’t worry. I am  16 months post op and went to Ireland for a month. Castles, cliffs lots of walking and climbing. My knee started barking at me about a week after I got home. Got back into my exercise and stretching routine and it has calmed down again. This thing is not months or years it is a lifetime commitment. Hang in there
    • terri90278
      terri90278 Rcurry17

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      Thanks for your response. At the risk of sounding dumb, how do I know if it’s soft tissue pain?  I can bend my leg fine & straighten it, it’s all the angles in between that give me pain. 

      Also, not sure whAt exercises to do since all the exercises I did post op were to get the knee to bend. 

    • Rcurry17
      Rcurry17 terri90278

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      IN my situation I stopped doing the bend straight exercises when I went overseas. The leg continued to function properly but I started to have some pain all across the front of the lower knee. I started the exercises and it quit. As long as you are weight bearing without pain from where the attachments were bonded it should subside with stretching and exercise. If you think it is deep bone pain get an X-ray. If it worries you have a dr look at it, if for no other reason then stress relief.
  • CHICO_MARX
    CHICO_MARX terri90278

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    Sudden onset ("out of nowhere"wink pain ALWAYS has a cause...always.  You have to go back and think about what you did right before the pain started.  You might have bumped into something or twisted it a bit getting out of a car.  THINK!!!  A fully recovered TKR just doesn't start hurting for no reason.

    Worst case is that something happened inside the knee.  Visit to your surgeon plus an x-ray will rule that out.  Best guess is that you did something to it and you need to let it heal just like a regular knee.  Ice, elevate, anti-inflammatories for a few days. Stay off of it as much as you can.  If it's not better in a week, see the doc.

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