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Flying after knee replacement

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freestork
freestork

Hi guys I had my left knee replacement 5 months ago and have had an excellent recovery.  Just come back from a 3 week honeymoon in Skiathos! My Fitbit states walked a total of 75 miles! No adverse affects! On flight home plane and to land to refuel on 2nd take off knee started to ache and swelled quite considerably. The pain was quite intense. I iced and elevated once home. It’s feeling really tight now and very twingy at the back. Could flying have anything to do with this?

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  • jenny80029
    jenny80029 freestork

    Posted

    Congratulations!

    Don't know answer to your flight question, but congratulations anyway!

    You walked a lot.., that would be more relevant I should think!

    Best wishes!

  • CHICO_MARX
    CHICO_MARX freestork

    Posted

    Keeping your knee in one position for all those hours is the probable cause.  There are discussions on the Forum about how people have handled long plane flights after a TKR.  Challenging.
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