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You are so helpful! Your video library for knee replacement has been a lifesaver!

You are so great at explaining everything, thank you for the library of videos you have created to help people like me get through this!

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Will living in the Hood seeing people with a bad knee never do anything about 😂Walking around with chicken legs me thinking about getting my left knee done 45 of age my leg skinny...

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What about a zero gravity recliner? I need both knees replaced. Just subscribed.

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Very informative! I wish you can demonstrate too so we know how can we do it.

Sorry none of this is true , had a full knee replacement on my left knee 5 months ago pain was intense the day after and continued till about close to 2 months worst after physical therapy .please don’t sugar coat . Very very pain full surgery , and still have on and off pains especially upon waking up or getting out my car .and having my next surgery July 2 for my right knee

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I'm on week 3, and i can't sleep for more than one hour. The pain is unbearable.

Four months post op ( TNR ) TOTAL AGONY,

Four months post op constant pain, have done all the exercises assigned by PT doctor. Very depressing.

Good idea thanks.

Thank you good explanations why doing those exercises helpful after TKR

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Thanks. That is where I am now.

How do I join this group

Thanks so much! I'm a 70 yr old man getting my right knee replaced in 10 days. Can you specify which leg elevator and which compression stockings I should order? I have no idea which is best. Really appreciate it.

Three weeks out from left knee replacement at two and a half weeks started getting pain relief i ha restless leg syndrome at severe level that really set off after surgery made it very difficult

I was worrying about my ROM - 5 wks PO - and my PT told me today that you never get your full ROM again due the the mechanics of the artificial knee. How does one find out what is the fullest flexion possible?

Had a total knee revision, my first knee got infected and was never right . I'm 4 weeks out and in therapy my last day of therapy my knee still has bouts of electric shock pain that I call pinging, I left feeling good, but halfway home it went crazy with intense pain ,I considered pulling over ,I was near tears and screaming it hurt so bad. I arrived home and had my daughter help me out of my car once I started walking it subsided enough to have supper and crash in my recliner with my ice pack. I'm on gabapentin but it doesn't work unless I add a 800 mg of ibuprofen.

I am almost 4 months in. Still not having perfect sleep but sleeping somewhat better than I was. My knee is stiff every morning and hurts still. We are leaving to go to the cottage in 2 weeks time where I will have seven to 8 stairs to climb….I am worried I won’t be able to make it…..

It's been already 2 months since my total knee replacement and still can't sleep comfortably 😫

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Thank you. Two questions: 1) Nurse at my surgeon's office says that trying to stay with operated leg elevated (with ankle above knee & knee above heart) is not necessary at night. Only as much as possible during the day. Do you agree? 2) In the side sleep position you demonstrated, the ankle on your operated leg does not look any higher than your knee. I assume you believe this is OK?

I always sleep on my back regardless. I can't sleep on my sides cuz of me having a rotator cuff, and have hip bursitis. I tried on my side, but within 15 minutes I have to turn on my back. I'm on my 7 month of TKR and I still can't sleep comfortably.

Thank you!!

Thank you. This was very timely. After the exercise, my score went from 8 to 5. I will continue to do this until my surgery 2 days from now.

Thanks!

Thank you for this info. I'm having a partial in one week.

That’s true strength with anything is always at full extension

Hello, after 3 months of total knee replacement,I don't have to worry about bending my knee anymore,I have 122 °flexion and so I was wondering I don't have to worry about bending it if I got my ROM

After 7 1/2 hours, you can finally stand up and walk out of the room.😂

Thank you. Very informative

Thank you!

I am 5 days post op and in hindsight can say that your videos in particular were most useful, so ”THANKYOU” for that! Prior knee exercises have made all the difference. I can honestly say that I really don’t have any concerning pain 80% of the time and when I do it’s because I’m still trying to get the pain management, etc. right. Every day is a learning process. The only concern I have is substantial swelling around my ankle and was wondering, apart from ice and elevation, is there anything else I can do to help the swelling go down, perhaps some sort of exercise? 🙂🇦🇺

Totally woowww..straight to the Point and effective

After my blood thinners stopped I was allowed to take Tramadol which was a God send. Still can only sleep 2 hours a night.

Sleep at night is still non existent 2 weeks in.

I have a small lump under foot that I had TKR. It's a terrible pain if pressed and toes are Red Hot.

I think I have trained harder than Stallone did for Rocky 4

Thank you. Your videos have been so helpful!

Really well explained, thank you!!

Very helpful, thank you

I had a total knee revision 8 weeks ago. I had mild knee pain for 6 days then no pain at all. Knee is great. We are all different

My recliner adjusts for sleeping quite nicely. When I add 2 pillows on the footrest my feet are then toes above nose. My PT says this is fine since it holds me in place much better than trying to sleep in bed with feet elevated on pillows. There is too much room and I roll onto my side and off the pillows when asleep. Back sleeping is very difficult for me and many people. I have just finished rehab from my 2nd knee replacement this year. For both of them I did great. Starting with a 90 and 95 flexion and nearly zero extension I did 8 weeks of PT for each going 2 times a week and doing home exercises. I am almost 73 and at 2 weeks I was bending at 120. My surgeon was very pleased and said I was weeks ahead of the norm. I attribute most of it to doing pre-hab on my own. If the recliner had been hindering my progress I would have given it up. However I slept great in it only waking for bathroom breaks which gave me chances in the night to walk around in the house to prevent blood clots. I do think the individual surgeon should have the final say with his own preferences. Mine said that sleep was so important and had no issue with the recliner as long as elevation was maintained. I used it for the first 2 weeks each time and the swelling was gone for each at the end of that time. So then I slept normally at night and elevated during the day in the recliner. Sleep was really pretty good even the first 2 weeks because this surgery is exhausting and PT starts as outpatient on day #2. So I was very thankful to find a way to be comfortable enough to sleep and to also maintain elevation.

Iam in need of a TKR but been avoiding it simply cause iam terrified of this procedure