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Scar tissue after knee replacement
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Good afternoon, Debora (and thanks for your response) -
My "timing" has not been good in many cases regarding the original TKR and follow-up procedures.
A little bit like how we all (or maybe it IS just me) learn "about" being married... AFTER we have been
married (joking... mostly). Knowing what I believe i understand now, it would've been most optimal to
have been immediately put on that X10 (the name was taken from "extension" - which the surgeon and
co-inventor Dr. Halley, felt like was the absolutely most important "thing" to develop as quickly as possible
after surgery (or an MUA). In my present state, it might work - and it might not.
I'd appreciate any further information from people who've actually used this (as a patient).
Thanks again (and good for you - helping as a vlunteer)
John
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I used the X10 pretty soon, maybe 3 1/2 weeks after surgery and had great results; I reached 127 - 130 comfortably and quickly -- but could not keep the machine (there is too much demand, too few machines to rent ) for as long as I wanted (to ensure the progress "stuck" ). PT was not very demanding and I was discharged MUCH sooner than I wanted bec I was allegedly doing well enough; also really NOT given at home program by my PT. Within 2 - 3 months I had severe back-side-of-knee tendon pain and was challenged with simple walking and shoes. Frequent charley-horse pain and night cramping. Consequently I didn't push hard enough I think, got spooked. I got the machine back a few months later (recently) and never returned to as good of flexion as before. I'm disheartened to have less flexion than I want, at 11 months, but with new PT, I do feel less pain. I was a tough TKR case, having been repeatedly injured for 30 years and thus, atrophied. I really recommend using the X10 as soon as possible and to push yourself with it -- it's so easy and comfortable. They have recently manufactured 50 more machines which they try to get to different states, mostly east coast. Covered by insurance in Michigan only. Well worth the cost.