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After knee replacement surgery
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Gailfaith: I’m 2 weeks post tkr on right knee. Usual issues, pain, stiffness, but already improving. Current numbers for flex/extension are 114 and 8. Working more on extension now, flex will come along later, based on previous arthroscopic surgery on same knee. BIG question: went to PT today and was told that 125 degrees flex is about the top limit, quote “since implants are not designed to go much above that and may even be damaged or fail if pushed too far”. Did anybody caution you about bending too much? Any problems doing so?
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@ellerbracke @gailfaith Gail, your flex is amazing! Were you young when you had the TKR? I think for us who are older that amount of flex does not happen frequently. I am at about 120 on one of my knees, and not quite there on the second one. I thought by doing the recumbent bike as close up as possible I would achieve more but it did not happen, in fact I think I regressed a bit after PT.
I never heard that 125 was max. I know that 120 is the minimum they hope to see patients achieve.
Good luck eller with your PT and don't stop doing it, or let it go. That's the key I believe. I honestly thought I was doing enough but now I realize that I was apparently not. Thankfully though, I do not have any pain from that knee. I have my appointment in October, it will be a year then, and I am really curious to see what my flex is. I never had a problem at all with extension.
JK