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Hello @cindymattern, So sorry to hear you are struggling with your knee replacement rehab. I did all of my PT at home using a list of exercises the surgeon and care team gave me, pretty similar to the ones on this site:
-- Total Knee Replacement Exercise Guide:
https://orthoinfo.aaos.org/en/recovery/total-knee-replacement-exercise-guide/
At my follow up meeting with my surgeon he chewed me out because I had not been icing and elevating the leg as much as he wanted me to do it. I was doing it several times a day but he had told me in no uncertain terms that when you are not doing anything then you need to elevate the leg and ice it. This helped a lot with the range of motion, as well as reducing the pain and swelling. I also spent 30 to 45 minutes a day on my recumbent bike along with walking outside using a cane or walker in addition to the exercises he sent home with me.
How often are you icing and elevating the leg?
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I am icing several times a day, I use ice at night when I sleep as well and change it about every 3 hours for new ice. I am probably guilty of not elevating as much as I should but I was doing amazing before the one PT session. ROM 115, walking without my cane, driving etc...Riding my recumbent bike at home and doing exercises as well. It wasn't until one PT session where she had me do several new exercises at one session. All my other therapists only introduce 1-2 new things with what I am currently doing. That day she had me do several new things that really did me in. I'm doing most of the exercises on the website you gave (thank you for sharing). I feel I was given to much at one time (you don't run 100 miles off the bat) and it caused me to go backwards instead of continuing forwards. I plan on talking to the therapist I have on Monday about this issue.