Hi o911. I am almost 6 months out from surgery for a right tkr and had a similar experience. The symptoms really lessened once I was able to be more active and get on the stationary bike a lot. Then it came back more so! And some weeks are bad and others are better without being able to connect any specific or amount of activity to the changing symptoms. I can ride my bike up to 50 miles but to walk more than a block becomes very uncomfortable and then painful in my hip because the foot weirdness foes not allow me to walk right. The type of pain and numbness keeps changing over the months, and is way different now, than when I was first out of surgery. I could not even let the sheet touch my toes without extreme pain and discomfort the first few months! For awhile I thought the compression stockings were the culprit causing the problem. I would recommend having a nerve velocity study with a neurologist. I have seen a podiatrist to rule out any muscle or tendon damage in the ankle. She is befuddled and thinks it is definitely knee surgery related and is out of her domain legallyto pursue it farther akthough she suggested an mri of the foot. I am going to see an orthopedist who specializes in foot and ankle and who is not associated at all with the place where my ortho surgeon practices. I also see a chiropractor every week who keeps it under control. I am determined to find out what it is instead of taking medication that is suggested, such as gabertin or something like that. I am going go see if I can get an MRI of the knee. Of course my surgeon keeps dismissing the whole thing.

Hi there, I had a knee replacement 8 weeks post op as well and since I woke up in revovery my foot has been numb. My dr says that he may have stretched or pinched a nerve. I also had and still have a sore ankle. The dr had no explanation for it said nothing.
Maybe I should be doing something about this too. I went for my check ups and now he wants to see me in six months. No concern at all about my foot numbness. It is so frustrating and do umcomfortable.

Hope you feel better soon.

Josie

I had the same problem after my TKR in Feb. 12, 2019. Even though that surgeon said it was normal I said it wasn't! My primary finally said it is not normal and did an ABI (blood pressure on legs) found the popliteal artery was pinched during TKR surgery. Had angiogram to verify and then vascular surgeon open the artery in Arpil 10, 2019. Was put on blood thinners so could not do EMG until now. I will see neurologist in couple weeks. Knee surgeon will still not admit he did anything wrong. I thought about an attorney but I still want to go to my clinic just not that surgeon for anything! I did talk to the hospital relations and the surgery is still being investigated since May.