Has anyone had cortisone shots after TKR?
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I had a TKR in 2015 and am still having some issues with my knee, due to pinched nerves in my back, which has been corrected with Spinal Fusion surgery. Unfortunately the nerve damage may or may not be permanent and I still have pain in my knee and weak quads. I have an appt. with my surgeon but I read somewhere that a shot of cortisone will help with my issues. Wondering if anyone has had cortisone shots after TKR and if they helped?
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roma5763 PattyLee
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Oldfatguy1 PattyLee
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Cortisone is sort of a band aid approach but may be the only thing they can do to get you Some relief. So many of us have back trouble because of knee problems. You change your pace, you favor the knee and will walk anyway possible to stop the pain and in doing this the spine twists and turn in an unnatural way. Instead of taking the slow, steady heel, toe, bend method we do whatever necessary to get from point A to Point B in the shortest, quickest manner possible.
It generally takes a series of 2 or 3 for max relief and one is just a waste of time.
Nerves are the very last thing to heal and it can take many months or even several years for all them to reignite. My wife has Guillian-Bairrie syndrom in 1977. Its a virus that, in her case, paralyzed her from mid torso down. It took weeks of therapy to get her walking again but almost 3 years before the nerves were well healed and she still had occassional lower extremity fatigue for several more years. We had to relocate from multi story living to single story because she couldn't handle stairs well for years. Also a strange side note.30 plus years later she was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and the have done studies to show over 60% of GBS sufferers have developed Parkinson's so there seems to be a correlation of nerve damage between the 2 neurosomatic diseases. These are unlike lupus and MS which are autoimmune disorders.
CHICO_MARX PattyLee
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Suffering sciatica right now 14 weeks out of a LTKR. My SI joints got locked up because of the changes in my gait (common after a TKR). Knee doc recommended a chiropractor with experience in fused backs. I have a right artificial hip plus L3-S1 fused in my back. Found a good one and it's getting better. Ice plus an inexpensive, battery-operated stim pack have proved to be very helpful. For me, the steriod shots, Lyrica, Celeberex and 800mg ibuprophin did not relieve the joint pain and sciatica. Some of these may work for you. Still working on it but getting better.