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Has anyone had a tight band feeling after total knee replacement?
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Aug 11 6:49pm | Replies (811)Comment receiving replies
I'm 4 weeks post total knee replacement and the tightness is unbearable at times, I know its early days but uts keeping me awake at night and I can't get comfortable in my chair during the day. I take pain relief, do my exercises and cold compress. Any advise, also roughly when will this start to subside. Its very painfull and tight sometimes I can bearly bend my knee.
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Sorry to hear you are in pain …. Question have you had X-rays since surgery make sure everything ok….. at 4 weeks I was still stiff and swollen…. It took me months and a lot of myofascial release to get rid of the tightness …..I know some people recover in no time …. Unfortunately I was not on of them…. I am still going through issues after second opinion found out my knee slightly to big I am do for revision july I am anxious but can’t wait for this nightmare to be over….so first I would get X-ray make sure everything ok …..also you can use rolling pin it helps loosen things up they have them on you tube…..last you can do myofascial release that was most important key to my recovery……so good luck I hope you find relief
You’re at a very early post tkr stage but things do get better each day. Just keep moving the leg & do water exercise if at all possible. For the night time use an ice pad before bedtime so the knee is numb. At your stage I was using a cold pad to go to sleep with. I’m 13 mths post tkr & doing well but do still have the tight band feeling but without pain. I don’t know if this is permanent or not but I’m pain free & can enjoy walking again. However, even now I do try to do some kind of exercise 1-2 x day.
I seen my myofascial release person today ….. I told her you were from uk and were in need of myofascial she suggested you look up myofascial release trained by dr barnes….. Dr barnes is the pioneer of mfo….she did mention others might do mfo but if not trained by dr barnes may not help as much different techniques. Good luck I hope you can find someone.
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Hi @jammyjan123 and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect! So glad you found us. We have a number of members who have experienced the symptom you are having after their total knee replacement, so I moved your post so that you can connect with other members like @bunky, @didlick, @ezas123, and @judybearden1
You can find your post here: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/has-anyone-had-a-tight-band-feeling-after-total-knee-replacement/?pg=50#comment-718815
Have you discussed your pain and tightness with your surgeon?