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A 6-month retrospective on my TKR
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Jun 12, 2022 | Replies (15)Comment receiving replies
Welcome, @smclemore. Members, like @dkapustin @artscaping @contentandwell and others, have some helpful tips in these related discussions:
- Learning to walk normal after knee replacement https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/learning-to-walk-normal-after-knee-replacement/
- TKR #2.....Lessons I am learning. https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/tkr-2-lessons-i-am-learning/
- Flexibility and Range of Motion after TKR https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/flexibility-after-tkr/
@johnbishop are there any other discussion threads that might be useful to list here?
SmcClemore, are you currently doing exercises with your physiotherapist that you can do at home? Which ones are your favorites?
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Thank you! This is tremendously helpful!
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Hi @smclemore, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @colleenyoung and others. My surgeon and care team sent me home after my TKR with specific exercises to do on my own along with the standard walking, icing and elevating the knee. I have a recumbent bike at home and I think using that 20 to 30 minutes daily helped quite a bit with my range of motion and flexibility.
I think you might find this discussion started by @artscaping helpful -- Exercise bikes after joint replacements (TKR and THR): https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/exercise-bikes/
Mayo Clinic sent me home with a set of exercises which are pretty much the same as shown here -- Total Knee Replacement Post-Op Exercises: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/15406-total-knee-replacement-post-op-exercises
The only therapist I saw was the day after surgery when they walked me through what I needed to do at home and made sure I could navigate up and down stairs on their equipment at the hospital. I do think that walking is one of the better exercises to build strength.
Hope this helps!