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Leg length difference after TKR! What can be done?
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Feb 15 3:59pm | Replies (78)Comment receiving replies
@ellerbracke, I moved your message to this existing discussion of the same name. I did this so that you can meet other members like @mamie @edithmiller @lturn9 and @merillo, who also are dealing with different leg lengths after joint replacement and ways to correct the gait.
Elle, is the difference causing referring pain elsewhere in your body? What exercises or ways are you getting the both sides of your body in sync?
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Strangely enough it causes my left leg to tighten up. I don’t (can’t) take a full stride, the outside of the lower leg, the ankle, and the outside of the foot is painful, and at times the whole leg goes numb, the knee twinges... The exercises I was given aim to lengthen and loosen the muscles in the shorter leg, and tighten up the muscles in the TKR (right) leg. I am just really aggravated ..... initially it took me 4 + months to get my TKR leg fully extended, then I got hit with trochanteric bursitis on that side, and when I was finally pain free on the right, now the left acts up.
I am lucky that the length difference is so small, and probably fixable with PT, but it surprised me how much of an effect even a small discrepancy can have.