@cindymattern :
Cindy: I had periods of hip pain and/or back pain at times after my TKR. The hip pain was due to a very slow process of getting to 0 extension, and once my PT forbid me from taking my usual 2 mile walk until that was achieved, the hip pain went away. But after TKR your gait most likely has changed, even if just slightly. I ended up with custom orthotics because of a difference in leg length. I may have had that all my life, never had it checked, but only after the TKR it caused problems. Perhaps it’s worth having that looked at.
After about 2 years of wearing the orthotics for exercise-type walks, or long mall-crawls, my body had adjusted and I quit wearing them. All is good now.
4 1/2 years after right TKR, and I can easily go into a deep squat AND back up again without holding on to anything, and without pain. Kneeling….. yuck!