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Has anyone had a tight band feeling after total knee replacement?
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Hello. I had a total left knee replacement May 2018. I had a very profound tight band feeling for a long time which would fluctuate in intensity from day to day and caused difficulty with PT. Big improvement after 4 or 5 months but reoccurred very badly at 8th month while on trip to Europe. Increased mobic dose during the 10 days of trip and pushed through it and the tightness/pain was gone after increasing the anti-inflammatory. By the time I returned from trip the tightness and pain was gone---almost seemed like I had to break the inflammatory cycle and keep MOVING. My surgeon said that complete healing takes 1 full year and 13 months out the knee is perfect and playing golf etc. Keep the faith.
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I have the same sensation on left lateral knee after replacement. Sometimes feels like it pulls my knee cap laterally. I am nearly 3.5 months and it never goes away. Even seem to tighten when I go for long walks. Very annoying. I was going to try medical message, but after one visits, they were all cancelled due to COVID 19. Some thought it was tight IT band, however I don’t have the symptoms associated with that. My Dr. Didn’t name it but said it will go way but could be months. I was off Meloxicam post op but asked to add it back, can’t say this helped much. Let me know if you have a cure. Ellenka