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Scar tissue after knee replacement
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Oct 10 8:31am | Replies (1550)Comment receiving replies
I have found that if I don't do what I'm supposed to do at home between therapy sessions things get worse. My therapist stretched me yesterday an got me to 120 ROM and it hurt like crap. They bumped me to 2x a week from 3. I am 8 weeks out....drove at 3 weeks and it was my right knee, walking 4-6,000 steps a day and back to daily activities. By evening I'm in bed by 8 as my leg hurts and I'm done. Did the surgeon say why the scar tissue grows back to quickly. Your inflammation (I still have lots and can't take nsaids) should be going down and the scar tissue getting better. It is a process though. I do still feel I have a "band" around the middle of my leg and my thigh muscles hurt so bad and are really tight sometimes. Good luck to you. Maybe a second opinion?
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I have that same issue with my knee feeling like a rubber band is around it after 12 weeks after a reversion knee surgery. Doctor put my new knee part from almost top of my leg to my ankle. Did not tell me till my 6 week check up. Then he was like it might take up to 6 months to a year to heel. My knee still hurts so bad. It burns like fire I cannot stand anything touching it. Measure yesterday around knee. It still has 1.5 to 2 inches of swelling from knee to my foot. How do you get the swelling down. I don’t sleep at night because of the pain. Don’t want to go anywhere. I do my exercises. Not everyday. Even do extra and ride my exercise bike.
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The thigh muscles (quadriceps) can hurt after TKR for a few reasons. One is that the surgeon has to make a small incision in the Quad to be able to release the patella and move it out of the way for the surgery.
Another reason for quad pain is a delayed reaction to the tourniquet they put on during surgery. This will also make the inside of your thigh black and blue, but it's not unusual and goes away with time.