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Warming up knee before doing Physio exercises

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simon27733
simon27733

4 weeks after tkr, had setback and just starting Physio again. I was thinking of heating up one of my ice packs in microwave and warming up knee prior to the exercises..

any thoughts welcome

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  • Oldfatguy1
    Oldfatguy1 simon27733

    Posted

    Nooooooooooo. Too soon for heat. Stay with ice only.
    • nwf477
      nwf477 Oldfatguy1

      Posted

      I thought so to me adding heat does not make much sense but what works for one may not work for others.
  • max07424
    max07424 simon27733

    Posted

    i was told to ice only and avoid heat on my knee, my knee was getting hot all the time and i iced my knee 4/5 times a day for about 20 minutes, it does work, if you want to exercise just do some warm up exercises first, like walking in a circle, start off gently and work your way up, please be careful as you dont want  to twist your knee as that can be very painful, good luck. max
  • Snoozy69
    Snoozy69 simon27733

    Posted

    I think you mean warming the muscles around the knee don't you? At the beginning of my recovery I felt like my knee was on fire and ice was very comforting. I can remember getting to a point where my knee felt cold and heat did help it before exercising it, not sure how far on I was though but I understand what you mean X 

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