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Scar tissue after knee replacement
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Apr 22 9:03am | Replies (1521)Comment receiving replies
I experienced sciatica with both knee replacements. First knee it lasted about 4 months. This knee I am still dealing with it and it has been since Dec. I have been going to PT. Got an injection which helped a little. Doing lots of exercises. I find the thing that helps the pain the most is just walking. ROM was at 119 4 weeks out and is staying at that level. I can fully extent the knee. I would be doing great except for the sciatic pain. They seem to think it is a combination of SI joint inflamation and periformis also.
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Because the TKR causes the surgery leg to lengthen, this would throw you out of alignment. it’s possible this could cause sciatic pain.
This also could cause the piriformis muscle to tighten, have you tried massage on that?
Your sciatic pain might be triggered by your surgery leg being lengthened by the surgery and thus being out of alignment. Try a lift in your non-surgery leg to see if you can even it out.
And it also could well be your S1. Both of these things are my issues, and the lift really helped with the sciatic pain down my leg.
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If you had a tourniquet during surgery. It could be trauma to the sciatic nerve.