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Neuropathy after TKR: I'm 68 and fearful of future

Neuropathy | Last Active: Oct 22, 2023 | Replies (112)

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It’s the muscle outside of my shin bone that is hurting like someone is stabbing it. The bone is fine. My surgeon suggested I might have a pinched nerve in my back causing pain. X-ray looked fine. Any chance it could be a blood clot on the side of my calf muscle though it isn’t warm or hard?

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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | Aug 1, 2022

The symptoms you are describing don't sound likely to be a blood clot, but that could be checked in the doctor's office with ultrasound.
More likely, based on your activity description, your body is angry that you have not given it enough time to heal completely.
Ice is for more than swelling! My husband, an EMT in his early retirement, says if big Pharma could figure out how to patent it, ice would sell for $1 per cube. It does reduce swelling, but it also reduces inflammation, calms angry nerves and muscles, even can relieve pain.
My daughter had a traumatic fracture of her arm over a year ago, used ice multiple times a day for 5 months, then had another injury to it. Now, she still ices when it throbs or aches, and especially after she "challenges" it with activity.

May I suggest a visit to a PT experienced in dealing with longer-term pain? There may be other things you can try to help - gait correction (to correct changed body mechanics), specific stretches, infrared or ultrasound therapy, kinesio taping, even ice and elevation.