@jill31 - Welcome to Connect! So glad you joined the group. Like you, I had a TKR 8 weeks ago. I still have some numbness on the side of my knee - but my surgeon warned me that that might happen, and it is nothing like the pins & needles you are describing. That definitely sounds uncomfortable. I'm wondering if you get relief from your PT exercises. Sometimes, just doing 5 minutes or so on the stationery bike seems to loosen up my stiffness. My physical therapist says "motion is lotion" - so I try it when I'm having stiffness or discomfort.

I had two knee replacements about 4 and 5 years ago, I still have numbness in both my feet, no pain, just tingly and numbness, I was told that if it doesn’t go away, live with it.

Good evening, well I am still awake due to these pain in both of my feet.oh and occasionally both my hips hurt for no reason. I agree with you about the doctors should be more informative to their patients. We can all have such different issues I doubt they could ever tell us everything. I had both my knees replaced in early 2015 and both my feet and shins hurt so bad and are not getting better. I ever went back to my awesome surgeon and he X-rayed me again again and said both knees are great. He advised me due to the fact my tendons and ligaments were not cut during my surgery. I would need to stretch them out. Due to the fact over the long period of time I walked around with no cartilage left in my knees I had worked grooves into my bones. Therefore my ligaments and tendons had become short. On top of that my feet were hurting all the time my archers, heel and balls in my feet would burn and get stiff. Now get this if I flex my feet to stretch them my toes will cramp up. ,My knees aren’t to bad they only get stiff if I don’t move but if I move my feet hurt. Occasionally then my hips ache when walking. I went to physical rehab but it didn’t help:me very much. I was looking at some inserts to place in my shoes to see if that might help by shifting my walking gate. Any other ideas? I’m on a heating pad now using any type of over the counter creams. I use compression socks. I’m running out of ideas. Thanks for reading this. Any help or advise would be appreciated. Thanks Again

Would be proper to have the downside possibilities explained ya think? When I asked prior the operation the surgeon stated may have a clicking noise but that was it, HA HA, I may end up sorry I had it done now with this numbness of the foot bottom.

I specifically asked my surgeon what possible downsides that could happen after knee replacement, he said always chance of infection and a slight clicking in the knee, NOTHING about this numb foot and nerve damage. Now he says probably a back problem, ha ha. But the total bill for the THREE hours was over $180,000, they got 34K from the insurance and I am worse off then I was. What a system we have here, they say it's the best, hate to see the worst!

I do agree. It was a very difficult choice to have surgery because while bone on bone in part of my knee, the rest was still ok and I got by with meds except walking any distance was difficult. I was not told about outside knee numbness and possible nerve damage which I now have. I’m worse than before surgery physically and mentally a wreck.