Not sure about my original post. Repeated hip bursitis flare ups, and general pain when walking, turned out that the non-TKR leg was shorter by a small margin. Probably not recognized initially, since the total extension took so long, and leg length measurements, which are not done on a routine basis anyway, did not show much of a discrepancy. Specific exercises to deal with muscle/joint tightness did not help, so I’m looking at custom orthotic inserts. I really hope that this will be the final step to a pain free knee. Not a lot of pain, not always in the knee, but not ever (yet) other than the 12 hour window with nerve block post surgery that there hasn’t been a twinge, a short pain, a dull ache...... even with very good function. Just once no ouch.. 10 months and counting.,. too much to ask?
To keep in perspective: knee pain, soreness, etc. within reason,
mostly sporadic, but I’d love one day without it. Just want the right TKR knee to feel like the original left one for a change. Meaning, not feel like anything. Just be a knee.

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