kneeling

Hi Lotty

I am only on my 10 day of recovery, but my doctor did say that I will never kneel again and that I must sit. I too have a wood burner and I have always sat on a stool to set/ clean and to put logs on the fire, and found some long handled cleaning brushes and poker helps me.

hope this helps 

 

19 weeks, and I still wouldn't kneel except perhaps on the bed . . .At least you have another twelve or fourteen weeks before you'll need the wood burner going, but do be careful with any sort of kneeling.  Is it not possible to sit on a low chair and do whatever is necessary????

Best not to kneel at all - but I have found a technique as I need to 'kneel' to with my fire on. I tested it away from the fire a few times. its hard to describe but I kneel on one knee and keep my other leg straight. i hold on to a footstool and do whate I need to do then i put bith hads on the floor and 'walk' back up to tanding position pushing on my good leg. But I could not do it until about 10 weeks. And spent a few occasions sitting on the flloor - I also crawled on my bum and then went back and use my sofa to get myself up. but BE CAREFUL - not worth damaging yourself - get help or get a temporary alternative fire! 

Ooh difficult question when every consultant is different. I'm 12 weeks post TKR and just had a new carpet in babies nursery (Grandson not mine haha ) just kneeled down automatically and omg did I Squeal! Not sure if it was with pain or sudden realisation that I'm not supposed to but I did. Actually got bruised knee this morning but that's probably shock to tendons etc. My advice dotty.....DON'T DO IT xxx

I accidently stepped off the bottom stair with a load of washing in my arms  3 months before my op and landed on my left  TKR of 8 years old.....and it HURT....came out in bruises and though it didn't swell I was worried.   Told the consultant when I went for the pre op assessment for the right knee, had a double xray of both legs and the knee was fine.  But I don't intend kneeling at all.

Hi DottyLotty - this might help? I've bought a little seat (for gardening really) but no reason you can't use it in the house. It has a padded seat and its base is like a rounded rocker that allows you to tip gently forwards (there's a pointy bit at the front as well to keep it stable and stop any tumbles! Its also quite easy to shuffle it about ona smoothish surface like wood/carpet etc. Got it on a famous internet retail site. Sitting on it I can easily reach the floor so I guess you could reach your wood burner and log basket? But i have to make sure there's something handy nearby to lever myself up with as my legs don't seem strong enough to do the job on on their own! I can actually kneel a bit but am a bit chary about it as don't want to push my luck!! My surgeon is one of the school that says its perfectly OK to kneel but patients don't because it feels too uncomrtable!