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Can you wear a knee sleeve every day?
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Sep 3, 2023 | Replies (17)Comment receiving replies
Thanks Cindy. I don't see any harm from wearing the sleeve. Indeed, seems like it is helping a lot.
What I don't understand is why some people have this swelling/pain long after the TKR. Standard advice is to expect up to a one year recovery, but at 11 mos, I would expect swelling/pain to be gone.
I have a friend, very athletic guy, 64 y/o, who is still struggling with daily swelling/pain 3 mos after surgery. His quads also atrophied after the TKR. I mean his leg looks like a toothpick with an olive in the middle (ok I'm exaggerating a bit).
I exercised for almost a year before my TKRs. I'm a 68 y/o male, and did the post op rehab 3x day. I was fine at 2 months for each TKR. I am in the gym 6 days a week.
I guess I don't understand the variability in outcomes for this procedure. Does anyone have any answers or guesses as to why some struggle so much? Thanks all!
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Agree....I know some who just kinda of breezed right through. I had lots of arthritis when they did it and I'm 61. I only exercised about 2 months prior and did it on my own. I know there is still swelling and inflammation because I've only worn the knee sleeve for two days and both nights I am up every few hours to the bathroom and not just a little. I think it's from wearing it all day and the fluid from the inflammation is going back up toward my heart and it has to go someplace. Had that problem around 2 months or so as the swelling went down. We would actually sit in PT and talk about it lol....