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Foot neuropathy (numbness and pain) after total knee replacement (TKR)
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Lori, now that you know what it is what are you doing for it? I just need to know which way to go with this. My foot was totally numb right after surgery which was May 21st, two weeks later I started pain And what everybody now was telling me my sciatica, however I have the foot neuropathy before the sciatica ever started acting up right now I feel I’m in limbo
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I had the popliteal artery opened. That help some but not all numbness and tingling. That surgeon said I could have cell and tissue damage because the artery surgery was 60 days after tkr. I am still doing PT to strengthen the leg again. I also ended up with a fractured knee cap just walking up stairs at home. I am 11 months out fro TKR. I will be see a neurologist for EMG. Couldn't do it earlier because of being on blood thinner after artery opened.
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I think I am replying to the post by sandie? I am 6 months out from right tkr and what you are experiencing sounds like what I did right after surgery. I have gone to a neurologist, podiatrist and back to my surgeon a few times trying to figure out if it is a nerve or tendon problem. My foot pain started getting much better as I increased movement on stationary bike -about 2 months after surgery. Then the sensations changed, less numbness and pain, but fatigue feeling in the foot followed by pain, as well as ankle, but the knee felt fine. Then it all became worse at 5 months, and although I just reached a mini goal of cycling 50 miles yesterday, when I have only been able to do only 20-30 since I got on my road bike in June, I have extreme pain when I have my knee bent and move my leg to the left. Pain goes from the back of my knee, down the leg to the inside of my foot, and my big toe is usually numb. I also have extremely tight pulling behind my right hip or lower back. When I do heel slides or go down deep stairs, it pulls incredibly painfully. Do you have this? My podiatrist and PT think there was too much pressure on one of my nerves (maybe peroneal) during surgery. The surgeon denies any connection and will not talk about it. I had a nerve velocity test done and the neurologist was very skeptical, reported no sensation in a nerve that is not associated sith any symptoms or possible problems. I think he misreported, he was very rude to me, like "you are crazy to think it has anything to do with tkr". I am trying to get my surgeon to approve of a repeat test with someone else. Do you have pain down your leg? They think it may be my sciatic nerve with the tightness problem in my right lower back...just can't figure it out.