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Clicking knee

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elaine1954
elaine1954

Hi all

Am now 5 weeks post op TKR and finally getting a brick knee that is beginning to bend! But it has just started clicking when I walk? Any other peeps had the same? X

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  • mattiemouse
    mattiemouse elaine1954

    Posted

    Hi Elaine

    My new knee clicked for a while (and it also took about 6 weeks to bend properly. Now 30 weeks post op (it has flown) and happy to report pain and click free. All good wishes for a good recovery.

    MM

    • elaine1954
      elaine1954 mattiemouse

      Posted

      Hi mattiemouse

      Thanks for your reply, I just worry about the knee all the time....and it is comforting to know other peeps have had similar......Hope I have a good recovery like yourself x

  • Oldfatguy1
    Oldfatguy1 elaine1954

    Posted

    You are as normal as a spring rain. All the soft tissue is streatched and relaxed to the point it isnt doing its job yet. A few more weeks of excercise and all that will change for the better. I'm 4 months out and still have an occassions pop or click. Each time I've gone through this I've had different levels of noise and discomfort at different times. Make sure you're icing after each pe t iOS of excercise to control the swelling
    • elaine1954
      elaine1954 Oldfatguy1

      Posted

      Hi OFG

      Thanks once again for your words of wisdom.....it is such a long process, I know that now.......Hope you have a good recovery.... X

  • patsyrose
    patsyrose elaine1954

    Posted

    All very normal, Elaine.

    As things start to mend and unfreeze.  You will also be walking differently to the way you have for years.  My first TKR (Dec 2012) still clicks if I have been sitting with my leg at a strange angle, or when I change position in bed.

    Patsy

  • jude48
    jude48 elaine1954

    Posted

    wd 40 might do the trick -

    sorry I know it doesnt help - but could not resist it !!

    all the best in you recovery anyway

    Jude UK

  • irish_linda
    irish_linda elaine1954

    Posted

    hi elaine yes my revision knee clicked constently at the begining it nearly drove me mad .i was thinking is it always going to be like this .  when i had my bi lateral it never happened so i was confused .well after a few weeks i think maybe about 7 or 8 wks it did stop so no reason why yours will stop its a settling in period
  • tracy2364
    tracy2364 elaine1954

    Posted

    Hi

    I'm only 3 weeks post op from partial knee replacement. I don't have any clicking but worried as discharged from hospital with 90 degree bend but past few days had lots of swelling and can now only manage 60 degrees. Will I ever be able to bend my knee again.

    • Oldfatguy1
      Oldfatguy1 tracy2364

      Posted

      You a re very early in the process. Be patient and continue excercises, icing, elevation, hydration and Rest. At three weeks you shouldn't be setting benchmarks for progress. At 6 weeks, 3 months you will have a much better idea where you are. Everyday it gets back and then you have a little backset that means little. Just keep on keeping on.. You'll get there
    • elaine1954
      elaine1954 tracy2364

      Posted

      Hi tracy2364

      As OFG says it is very early and I know how it seems like things will never be the same again. I am 5 weeks post op now and still have awful swelling. Some days it is a good bend and others like I have a brick knee but you have to keep going through the night mare.... Chin up! X

       

  • sarah87162
    sarah87162 elaine1954

    Posted

    Yes. Don't worry these things are bound to happen.

    Are you still going to physio? Maybe mention it to them.

    Have you had yur 6 week follow up appointment with the consultant yet?

    Let me know how things are going.

    Take care

    Sarah

    • elaine1954
      elaine1954 sarah87162

      Posted

      Hi Sarah87162

      My follow up appointment is next week so hopefully will have a positive day albeit the clicking knee.....

      I don't go to physio, just have to get on with it myself! X

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