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Numbness below knee in the front of the leg.
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I discovered during my PT for my right TKR that I have balance issues. Not only on my surgical leg but on both. I had gone to a normal local chain of PT shops for my post surgery and I had my surgeon send in an order for additional PT directed at balance. I went back and they did not do a new evaluation nor did they make a lot of changes to my exercises adding a few and subtracting a few.
A while later I was talking with my neurologist and he told me about a neurological rehabilitation facility that specializes in things like balance. I had him send in a referral and I went there. At my first appointment they did a bunch of tests and determined that under some standard I am below it. The second visit they did a bunch of exercises designed to build a baseline. This afternoon I go back to start the actual exercises although I do have one already (standing in a corner for stability; move my head up and down and side to side while changing my feet position.
I think this may help me a lot. But note that the referral came from my neurologist who is not normally treating anything related to my new knee. If you have a neurologist, I would ask her if there are any such shops in your community that might be able to help you. If you do not, do some research and see if you can find any in your community and then take the result to your surgeon and see if you can get a referral. Hip/knee surgeons don't normally look for these types of facilities.
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I am so thankful you shared your experience! I will definitely check into it. I have nothing to lose at this point. I had the same experience with PT. I had one month of PT before the surgery in July of last year. Then 3 more months after surgery. In January of 2026 I noticed the balance issue and went back to PT. He gave me one sheet of balance exercises and wished me good luck. That was it. I did those but things didn't improve. So at my 9 month check up with my surgeon she recommended a different PT. Another 3 months from April to July, of more therapy. However, after all that, things are not much better. That's when I started doing research and found out that the numbness in the front of my shins could possibly be the problem. I feel like I have done my due diligence but still don't have an answer. I want my balance back and your suggestion makes perfect wense so I am going to make an appt with a neurological rehab facility and see what they say. If you are willing to share, I would be interested to know how that is working for you. I will share what I find out too.
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I discovered during my PT for my right TKR that I have balance issues. Not only on my surgical leg but on both. I had gone to a normal local chain of PT shops for my post surgery and I had my surgeon send in an order for additional PT directed at balance. I went back and they did not do a new evaluation nor did they make a lot of changes to my exercises adding a few and subtracting a few.
A while later I was talking with my neurologist and he told me about a neurological rehabilitation facility that specializes in things like balance. I had him send in a referral and I went there. At my first appointment they did a bunch of tests and determined that under some standard I am below it. The second visit they did a bunch of exercises designed to build a baseline. This afternoon I go back to start the actual exercises although I do have one already (standing in a corner for stability; move my head up and down and side to side while changing my feet position.
I think this may help me a lot. But note that the referral came from my neurologist who is not normally treating anything related to my new knee. If you have a neurologist, I would ask her if there are any such shops in your community that might be able to help you. If you do not, do some research and see if you can find any in your community and then take the result to your surgeon and see if you can get a referral. Hip/knee surgeons don't normally look for these types of facilities.
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