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Swelling and stiffness, 3 years after total knee replacement
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Hi @madjacks, welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. You'll notice that I moved your message to this existing discussion where members like @bengalady @eeppeerr88 @cobweb @babette @sfcob and others talk about stiffness and pain that they experienced months after their knee replacement, as well as members who found solutions or did not have prolonged pain or stiffness like @contentandwell @gardeningjunkie and @artscaping.
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Jack, have you been able to continue PT and moving the knee during this stay at home period?
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@madjacks As Colleen mentioned, there are those of us too who did not have prolonged pain, and I was fortuante to be part of that group.
I wish I had more to offer to you, but if your orthopedist does not offer any help then I would try a different doctor, one not at the same medical center. I find that when two doctors are at the same medical center they do not contradict each other. Try to find one at a major medical center, preferably a teaching hospital. I live in southern NH and have a lot more confidence in the doctors in Boston than I do in most of the doctors up here. Very simply, they see more so they know more.
There are a couple of different procedures that are done to improve flex, has your doctor suggested that at all?
JK