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Knee replacement in a few days
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Yes, but you also need to have your leg elevated during recovery, especially when you are icing it. My TKR was 16-months ago and I've healed well. When you first get home, it can be tough to stand without pushing off the chair arms -- a sofa won't do. A chair and ottoman can work, but it is more cumbersome. I'm not advocating a lifestyle, just mentioning a tool. NOT having the two arms to push off from a sitting position is what caused me to twist my back. I am quite able now to stand without using my hands at all. No one stands all the time, and a lot of older people have difficulty standing without having the chair arms to assist. Several of the medical sites list the reclining chair as something needed in recovery. In fact, when the occupational therapist came to my home it was one of the things she looked for when evaluating my ability to live independently during recovery.
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@july1955
Interesting reply. I had my TKR late yesterday afternoon so my comments should be taken with a few grains of salt because I did have a nerve block which should be blocking some pain signals for about 18 hours.
So far, about the only pain I am getting is from getting up from a chair and that is momentary. So your advice seems right on. I find that it is easier to push off of the arms of my recliner than the walker (my surgeon told me to be a couch potato for the first week and to use the damn (my word since I want to walk without it) walker for the week.
Before my surgery I not only had pain including when standing up but every time I got up I felt I was in danger of falling since I had to support from my right knee. Now while there is some pain on standing, there is not any instability.