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Has anyone had a tight band feeling after total knee replacement?
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Apr 25 5:43am | Replies (758)Comment receiving replies
Hi @ert, welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I moved your discussion and combined it with this discussion:
- Has anyone had a tight band feeling after total knee replacement?
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/has-anyone-had-a-tight-band-feeling-after-total-knee-replacement
You are definitely not alone in this feeling. Members like @sprinrosa64, @vgen, and @brescher and so many others experienced the same feeling as well.
@ert, what sort of stretches and activities has PT had you doing? Are you doing anything else like other members have talked about like the pool and biking?
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I had 2 TKRs last fall. ROM and overall functioning is great. However the tight band feeling remained. I stretched and walked daily, this helped, but a few months ago started an aquatic workout class. HOORAY! The tightness is vanishing and even more strength returning.
Aquatic class workouts, jumping, kicks, running have advanced my recovery in ways stretching couldn't. I was skeptical, thinking this would be old school slow "water aerobics". But things have advanced and aquatic low impact workouts (see recent New York Times article) have all sorts of cardio options. Hey, I'm 67, live in the middle of Kansas and this rocks! For me, it has been a blessing for my recovery and overall strengthening.
Note: No surgeon or PT recommended aquatic workouts to me, a friend suggested it. Go figure. I'm glad to see Mayo suggest it here.
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The tight band feeling has somewhat diminished , however there is still a feeling of stiff and tightness on the lateral side of the knee…. I am at 9 months… SLOWLY getting better days. ROM has always good !!!!