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Trouble sleeping after TKR: What helped you sleep?

Joint Replacements | Last Active: Apr 28 10:46am | Replies (127)
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@babsarmour

Thank you for the encouragement. When I told PA at 2 week post op appt about restless legs, she didn't have much advice, just suggested an OTC sleep med which I tried & made discomfort worse. Very disappointed more information wasn't offered from the surgeon about long term insomnia after surgery. Have joined a couple of support groups & it's a major problem with few solutions

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ddsack | @ddsack | Feb 24, 2023

@babsarmour, I had some restless leg syndrome at night too, after my TKR's. I got some relief doing the pre-op exercises they started me on before surgery. I did these in the hospital right after surgery as well. They are 1. simple toe flex: pointing toes straight down, then back towards your face. 2. Contracting your legs so that you imagine forcing the back of your knee down into the mattress. Alternate doing sets of 15 each. When my legs were restless, probably due to inactivity during the day, I would do these in bed for many minutes until my legs were exhausted. Getting back to normal sleep will take time, probably a couple of months, but it will happen gradually.

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