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Scar tissue after knee replacement
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Apr 21 9:23am | Replies (1621)Comment receiving replies
@lindielulu I had my left knee total knee replacement, it took about 3 months for the what I call crunchy to show up. I went through physical therapy for about 6 weeks, they were trying to help with my pain and crunching. My crunching (scar tissue) is under my knee cap, they said it should go away in about a year I am 6 months out and have appointment with my Dr Thursday what physical therapy taught me is using Cup therapy , I have been using it for about two months and seam to help, I get session after a session using. The dr said give it a year and we will see I will attach a photo of the cupping kit and if you have time watch some videos on cupping therapy
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@twilli2822 I looked up the set you have and there are so many. How many of the cups did you get? I have no idea what is sufficient. Thanks!
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@twilli2822 My story is exactly like yours, minus the cupping. Dr said wait 1 year, it's been 6 months and started at 5 months. I thought scar tissue only applied to the one you could see and it is great but apparently the unseen scar tissue is the problem, also under the knee cap. My dr also said to use recumbent bike 2x day which I don't have. I did somewhat extensive walking yesterday before I went to PT to have him reassure me about my kneecap and wouldn't you know, my knee didn't crack and pop as much when he examined it. His advice, join a gym. I don't have a pool near me and would have to drive through a lot of traffic about 15 miles one way to get to one. Thank you for the picture of the kit, I will check that out for sure, youtube has been my best friend lately. I hope we can keep in touch as we have such a similar situation.