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Anyone had an MUA after a total knee replacement?
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I'd like to invite @suzy240, @captjamesh, and @spinner2 to share their experiences with a manipulation after their TKR. Results can very greatly between patients due to how we form scar tissue or our individual makeup.
I had a knee replacement at age 20 due to years of damage. I developed scar tissue very quickly and had to have two MUAs as a result. The results were not the best, but in the end I got to 0-100 for my ROM. I attribute some of my lack of success to being young and not near motivated enough to take the PT seriously enough.
120 is a pretty decent ROM. Are you able to straighten your leg completely? How is your pain and your overall functionality?
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I’m 79 years old and am so grateful for the success of this procedure.
Yes, I can straighten my leg completely and in no pain at all.
Slow doing stairs but that might be my age!!! I can walk miles. The only problem was an unexpected infection after 12 years of no problems.
That was another operation and pt and taking an antibiotic for the rest of my life but that’s another story. Doc has no idea how this happened and it was very traumatic
You sure have gone through a lot. I’m surprised you didn’t have a personal trainer pushing you for PT.
PT is concentrating on extension now as I start at 7-10 before warm up. That impedes my gait for sure. It’s still only a week and half out since MUA, so I am hoping this improves.
I can bend/ flex easier now. I get to 110* without really much effort. Getting to 120* after about an hour of PT. Hoping this too improves.
Still getting anterior pains in knee with flexion, now on left side too. We shall see.
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I had an MUA 8 weeks post TKR. ROM 45-70. Surgeon manipulated ROM 0-125. Resulted in stress fracture of femur, bleeding from broken blood vessels and quadriceps hematoma. Could put no weight on operative leg for three weeks after. It is now 3 months post MUA. ROM 70 at best, but walking without support and finally off pain meds and driving. Before TKR, I was a very active 70 ish old. Biking, hiking, walking, serving in my church. Did everything I could possibly do in PT - just released from formal sessions this week, but continue to do it on my own. Guess I’m just not a good candidate for knee surgery. Only option I have for increased ROM (according to PTs and doctors) is arthroscopic lysis of adhesions to CAREFULLY (new surgeon) remove scar tissue and make any revision necessary, while stabilizing femur.