6 months TKR and in pain
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Hi everyone. I'm now 6 months post TKR right knee. It's healed very well. No problems and I try to treat it the same as the other leg.
Walking stairs etc are fine
I can put up with the nerve pain - annoying though it is but the muscle pain is really getting me down.
I still have that tightness above the knee which I can feel when walking.
And on standing or trying to exercise the muscles in the side of the leg and thigh are very painful and I need to hobble a few steps before I can walk.
I have good bend @ 130 but only 2 degrees
for straightening (but still trying)
Is this the same for everyone? Pain wise?
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sonia44096 suzidownunder
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Hello Susie, please hang in there! I'm almost 10 months after TKR and still having stiffness and some discomfort. They say (doctor) that some individuals take longer than others to recover.
dwayne96993 sonia44096
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Hello, I am 14 months and I am pretty much back to normal. Just takes time and plenty of therapy. i walk 45 minutes daily. If I ever have my right knee replaced, it will definitely be the robotic surgery.
earl58 suzidownunder
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hello i had my tkr in jan i still have sweeling and tightness in right leg i had to go back to doctors because iam in so much pain come to find i now have tendenites in my knee doc put me on meds dose help but its still there so i hope the tendenites dont stay there, doc put me back in pt sometimes i think it works and other times i dont..
roberta06485 earl58
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i hope it is working! IM GOING BACK TO Othopedic to see why mine is still bothering me. when i get alot of pain i knee on it ( of course i put pillows underneath) and after i do that some of the pain is going so im wondering if it could be scar tissue and he has to manpulate the knee. my left one is great without any problem. if i had to do all over again i would pass it up. HAVE FAITH and we will get through this.