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Knee cap pain after knee replacement surgery

Joint Replacements | Last Active: Jan 14, 2023 | Replies (25)
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I can't really kneel since my tkr on both knees. It has been five and six years. My kneecaps are just to sensitive.

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heyjoe415 | @heyjoe415 | Jan 14, 2023

I'm about 6 to 9 months out from my TKRs. I can kneel, but it feels weird. It doesn't hurt, but I have to be careful.

I use a pull-up machine at the gym that requires kneeling on a padded surface. I can do this, but only 3 or 4 months post-op. For some reason, the knee caps are the last thing to heal.

This is probably because unlike a hip replacement, a TKR is not 100% the same anatomically as real knees. There is hard plastic where there was a meniscus.

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