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IT band syndrome after knee replacement
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Feb 20, 2023 | Replies (164)Comment receiving replies
I had a total knee replacement Sept 30, 2019. During my in-hospital therapy & subsequent therapy, I was told I was doing fantastic. I could bend my knee 30+% and that seemed to be the focus. After about a week, I started with severe pain on the outer side of my knee when I bent it. It felt like it caught on something & just took my breath away. My ortho doc & PTs all thought it would go away, but it’s getting worse. I’ve had cortisone injections in the joint outer side of my knee where the IT band is & at the top of the IT band; both with no relief. Is doing stretches, heat, ice, pain gels & roller treatment all with no relief. I just had a nerve block @ L3,4 & 5, with no relief. My ortho doc thought I might get relief if it was an impingement on my sciatic nerve. No help. I am looking for anyone who has experienced this after your knee replacement & what you have done for relief.
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I had a half knee replacement on the medial side in August 2018 . I have full range of movement .But I have pain on the lateral side above knee below and behind ,and struggle to walk far and this is the only activity I can do . Had MRI and was told I have tendonosis in the popliteus tendon . Had a steroid injection for this with no affect ! Also have a tight IT band and found when I was doing all the exercises for this made it worse ,so stopped doing them for a while and it has improved .But when I walk too far get the pain in the back of knee then it tends to start all the other lateral pain . I wear tubigrip on my knee it is not tight just slight support and find this helps more than anything also rub volteral gel on am and pm . My knee is worse now than before I had it done ,except It doesn’t give way !!!