Good evening @glasgow46, I was so surprised that it was exactly one year when I knew my TKR was a part of me. I didn't notice it at all when I got up on the morning of its anniversary. Yipee! Perhaps a slow measured recovery is better than a fast one.

Anyway, I can kneel long enough to do what I need to do and to play with my grandchildren. I also do 3 Yoga child's pose movements every morning. That keeps everything loose and rather comfortable.

The surgeon did a great job.....and the PT and myofascial release (MFR) therapists brought the knee along so that once again I have no pain. I had 3 great years and then was diagnosed with Chronic Myofascial Pain Syndrome. The fascial layers on top of my knee were no longer fluid...they were restricted and extremely painful. So now after some hard MFR work, I am fluid again and I aim to keep it that way.

What exercises do you do at the one year mark? How has your life changed because of the TKR. Is it easier to walk than to stand? May you be content and well. Chris

I was told I probably wouldn't want yo, or be able to, lneel, but at about 3 or 4 months I started kneeling on my bed, and then on thin mat to do cat poses. No ptoblem. When I have to kneel to reach something in the back of rhe car or something, Incan do it. My frustration is that back at 4 months Inwas still doing heel slides and pulling up with a strap three tines a day. Then at about 5 months I switched PT's and started heavy strengthening, doing, for instance, up to 45 pound squats. Now at 6 months, it is not comfortsble to kneel because my back is all tight and pulks from the knee. It feels like there is a tight rubber band running from my foot to knee to hip or lower back, and the rubber band is too short. Does anybody else have this problem?