Hello @aml01, I would like to add my welcome to Connect with @roxxxy2626 and others. I was working from home and sitting at my computer for long periods of time also when I had my TKR. I found that I could do several of the leg exercises (ankle pumps and raising the leg while sitting) once or twice an hour which helped. I used another chair to elevate the leg but @roxxxy2626 suggestion for getting a little stool would be better. I also had canvas like gel packs that you could put in the freezer and used them several times a day. If you have a refrigerator at work you could get a couple of sets of the ice packs and rotate them during the day.

The icing and elevating along with the exercise is extremely important for the recovery process. My surgeon scolded me pretty good at my TKR surgery follow up exam because we had different ideas of how much icing and elevating was required. I thought a couple of times a day was enough and got a rude awakening that it was not enough. He basically said if I wasn't exercising, walking or sleeping, I should be icing and/or elevating.

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