I’m a year out of TKR on both knees. Im age 62 and wanted to plan for a painless retirement, however it didn’t work out that way. 2 diff doctors performed replacement on my knees. One was chief of Ortho in Baltimore and another who Ive seen before with area Sports Medicine Group, Cornell Grad. He said before surgery my flexion was 90 degrees, after the same and this us usually the way it ends up and reason he didnt do manipulation and submitted an article about it for patients like myself who is a year out. He felt there would be no improvement. My other Dr. head of ortho read my submission, manipulated the knee he replaced to see how things went. My knee surprisingly manipulated easily after a year out, started therapy and no improvement. My knee still tight, can only get to 90 degrees although manipulation got to 120 degrees. Surgery does not seem like a viable answer fir scar tissue grows back, blood and trauma to the knee
Not a good thing. I’m told I need to learn to live with them. I feel worse off now than before i had them replacec and I can no longer take advil or any NSAIDS unlessI want to end up on dialysis. I use a massagers on my knees and lidocaine patches and rubs. Life basically sucks. My knees get uncomfortable and stiffens up. I have type 2 diabetes, now weigh 300 and think it may be biological as my uncle also has issues with his knee replacement. Weight prob just a little cause and possibly diabetes as well. Only thing left fir me to try is losing weight and get my A-C sugar levels to normal as it can affect your muscles, otherwise no one has any answer for me.,

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