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Scar tissue after knee replacement

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I’m interested in your overall outcome. I’m 2 weeks post op and in top of all the issues that follow that, have developed sciatica and find it uncomfortable to sit, stand, lay, everything! I’m miserable and doing 2 weeks of in home pt have brought me to the point of complete discouragement. I thought I hurt before the surgery- it’s nothing compared to after!. The pain meds help minimumally but they have never had the pain managed from the very beginning. I cry a lot and it seems no end in sight. I can’t use chiropractor until incision is healed enough to stand the laying in my stomach for adjustment, etc. I’m depressed and often wish I’d never done this but at 54 I’m active and want to be able to do things with my husband who has been a troooer helping me but I’m sick of Percocet being a daily pill and not working well!!!! Getting ready to begin outpatient pt at a facility. I get to choose that facility. Am interested in what kind of facility I should look for... one with hydrotherapy, one with the various types of therapy mentioned here. Scar tissue is building up and the pain is unbearable. I’m glad and saddened that I’m not alone in my journey.

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Sorry. The pain will subside shortly ( most of it).. i started using CBD cream and it really helped. I still needed an arthroscopic surgery later. My wife has had Sciatica for years and we tried the CBD on her. She loves it. But it only lasts a few hours.

@sdhkkjmz - Hi and welcome to the Joint Replacement Group. I'm sorry to hear about what brought you here. I had a TKR one and a half years ago. It's unfortunate that they haven't gotten your pain meds adjusted because at 2 weeks postop, I was definitely still experiencing enough discomfort to need regular and reasonably strong pain killers. As to what type of facility you should look for, here is my experience. After 3 weeks of inhome PT, I went to a place that had both regular PT and hydrotherapy. They said that if I just did the hydrotherapy, recovery would be slower- but it would be easier to achieve the movement. So... I tried to do as much regular PT as possible. That place has a health club attached to it and they give a discount to people who did PT there. Now, I do one day a week of acquatic yoga to help with my balance and then regular strength training (which I hate but I do it) 3 days a week. Wishing you relief and comfort - soon!

@sdhkkjmz New to group. Healing takes so much longer than we think it'll be. I did bilateral 8 mos.ago. I'm having intense tendon pain behind knee esp after exercise, if anyone has thoughts ... Anyway, for those with ROM issues , read below, there's a great - really great -- option to look into. Pain-killers: I needed for long time. Percocet was useless, get a stronger pain reliever, the strongest you can! But... you are ONLY 2 weeks post op ! You need a few months to evaluate how you are. I was lucky to get into rehab facility with good PT for 2 weeks ... but various levels of pain continued for a long while from multiple sources. Sleep was difficult (sleep aid is helping). I don't think your scar tissue is building up at this point. Here are a couple ideas. Water exercise (with lots of bending) has been good (it's a bit too early for you, due to wound). For you at this early point, I'd work on the ROM a lot now. And I used an amazing machine to help do that. X-10 machine. It's not a CPM, I found that horrible. The testimonials are true. It's not covered by insurance except in Michigan, and it's hard to get a machine (rent) bec there's so much demand, but it was worth every penny. You sit comfortably, it gently moves your leg; you control the slight increases (each day you improve); most people get to full ROM quickly. (My PT was so amazed at how I was doing that they totally slacked off with me - with bad consequences now). The say the best time to use X-10 is a week or 2 post op. Can't recommend it enough.