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Thank you. I am very grateful my surgery, which was robotic, went so well. At this point, honestly it’s my knee that is extremely stiff especially in the morning. I feel moist heat helps the most at this time either with the shower and moist heating pad or both. Ice of course after PT, exercising at home and before bed.
Each day presents new challenges just trying my best to remain positive.
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Congratulations @missbea, it is so wonderful to receive such a positive post. Although it is natural for a forum to receive many more critical or negative responses, please remember that over time.....thousands of folks will have read your positive TKR surgery response.
About your resistant knee. Please remember that the actual knee mechanism is surrounded by tissue, fascia, ligament, muscle, and liquids. It may also have some scar tissue. Everything heals at different times and responds to different supportive efforts.
I want to share a post with you. This video, "Strolling Under the Skin" will give you a pretty good idea of what your knee might look like now. Keep up the great work and I would appreciate an update when you are ready.
May you be safe, protected and free of inner and outer harm.
Chris
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I had robotic assisted TKR as well. Each day, and if you are doing your exercises 3x/day, the pain and stiffness should start to recede. After week 1, most of my pain just came from trying to flex my knee and encountering resistance, which is a bit painful. It got better each day, but ya gotta stick with pt and doing the exercises at home. It's worth it.