Heavy Feeling Knee-to-Toe Post TKR

Posted by maryliza @maryliza, Jun 3, 2024

One week after surgery I was experiencing pain and numbness in my left foot and big toe. My foot would curl in on itself. Surgeon said give it time. (I queried about this in an earlier post.)

It’s been nine weeks since my left knee replacement and I now feel “heaviness” from the knee to calf to foot and my big toe feels like it’s asleep. If I stand for 15 minutes the foot goes numb and toe becomes painful. My PT says it could be nerve damage. My ROM is 128 and flex is 0. I can move my foot and toes but do feel tingles when I do.

Any suggestions on if I should give this more time in hopes the heaviness/numbness resolves or call the surgeon?

Thank you!

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sonnyf22 | @sonnyf22 | Apr 19 4:49pm

Hello I had a TKR on march 13 2025 , right knee. I am experiencing tingling on my big toe, the one next to it and I am very sensitive on top of my foot and ankle . I am goin* to contact my dr on Monday. It’s been 5 1/2 weeks now and from what I’m reading it’s not lookin* like a good outcome. Wish you the best I would contact you surgeon! ASAP!
Sonny

karenheller | @karenheller | Apr 20 1:50pm

Tell your physical therapist as well as your surgeon. At roughly four months post-op from right knee TKA, I started getting pain radiating from my knee down my shin, across the top of my foot, and around to the bottom of my foot. My PT gave me special exercises for that nerve pain and they really helped. That’s not exactly what you and the prior poster complained about, but a great PT might have some good input.