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My Knee Replacement Surgery Experience
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Dec 14, 2025 | Replies (47)Comment receiving replies
@steveinarizona I had TKR and have had RLS all my life. I can't tell from your post if the surgery did anything to help the RLS for you. For me, after the TKR, my RLS got way worse, unbearable even, could not sleep at all due to the pain (and of course movement) It is gradually getting better but just wondering how your surgery affected your RLS
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@lindielulu
I had my RLS under control with a combination of Horizant and the NIDRA machine. I did take a couple of weeks off on the NIDRA right after my surgery as I didn't want to compress the area. Even with medication and the machine, occasionally I would wake up during the night with pain in my legs and have to get up and walk it off. That is very rare and did not happen during my two week hiatus from the NIDRA machine.
I have an appointment late next month with my neurologist and we will talk about tapering off on the medication.