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Hi Melcpa86, only time being young puts you at a physical disadvantage, right?! I know I was in a lot of pain before my double TKR, but it’s hard to remember. The pain I have now is totally different. I had full ROM before on both knees. I never even thought about this being a problem when I did the surgery.
I know after having had one manipulation where my knees had full ROM immediately after, then daily regression thereafter,revision would produce the same results.
I’ve unfortunately been stymied going back to the gym as I’ve developed planter fasciitis in one foot and a torn Achilles in the other. I went to an Ortho yesterday for the Achilles and he said it’s a result of the TKR replacements. I learned to compensate when my knees were not straight and centered. When they fixed that, it shot my tendons in a bad direction. As you would Suspect, I’m now In a Sophie’s choice predicament . I need to keep exercising for my knees, but somehow wear 2 boots and keep my feet up to take care of my Achilles and plantar fasciitis. Lovely!
I keep checking these posts because I’m looking for hope that people have made gains after the 1 year mark. This is my anniversary week. I’m hoping to still make progress. Most physicians are saying at this point, I should be done gaining any more ROM. I’m finding some antidotal evidence that it’s possible on this posts.
I think I could almost live with a decreased range of motion if upon standing I no longer felt like I was going to pass out . I’m hoping to make this improve by strengthening my quads, but as I previously mentioned, I’m limited with my new afflictions.
Thanks for your reply...
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@golfshrink I doubt you can gain much ROM at this point with just exercise but I am also more than a year out and there is a minor procedure that can be done where they make two 1/2" incisions and go in and snip something, the adhesions I think, which can improve the ROM. I am planning to get that done in the next month or so, when I can find the time. If I do I will let you know how it turns out.
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@golfshrink I’m not at the one year mark yet - so can’t help ya there - but completely get the desperation to get enough movement to get back to some semblance of your former life. My TKR is from a running injury and I used exercise to cope with stress. The Achilles sounds awful to deal with on top of the knee issue. I sincerely hope you find some anecdotal evidence that gives you the hope you are looking for.