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Truth about Total Knee Replacements
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Jan 26 10:36pm | Replies (193)Comment receiving replies
I had right TKR almost 3 years ago. No major problems, except permanent clicking noise with some motions. Had Arthritis, bone spur, torn Meniscus a year prior to TKR. Repair surgery with intense PT and exercise regimen after that did not change the pain. Would have been ok if I did not plan on living an active life, but every time I walked down an incline, or steps, intense pain. So TKR. After the usual course of pain/rehab/continued exercises the knee works very well. For me the surgery was worth it. Well, except for the well known kneeling issue. As in don’t do it.
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I read an NIH study about kneeling post TKR, it made sense to me, and at 10 months post surgery I think the NIH approach is working. The study followed two groups of TKR patients. One group did what came natural to them regarding kneeling (which basically means they did not kneel because it is painful and feels weird). The other group were instructed to kneel for increasing lengths of time (30 secs to 2 minutes), on increasingly harder surfaces, and after several months the group that was made to kneel tolerated kneeling by a meaningful percentage over the group that did what came natural to them regarding kneeling.
I’ve forced myself to try and kneel a few times a week (not nearly as much as the NIH group), and the more I kneel the less it is an issue. Don’t get me wrong, it is still something that I’d rather avoid, but I can now tolerate it when needed without freaking out. That was not the case when I started trying to kneel.
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