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TKR 10 MONTHS AND VERY STIFF

Posted by enkhuizen666 @enkhuizen666, Oct 5, 2025

I HAD TKR 10 MONTHS AGO AND HAD GOOD RANGE OF MOTION, BUT VERY STIFF KNEE RESULTING IN A BAD LIMP. SURGEON SAID X-RAYS GREAT AND NOTHING TO DO. I STARTED SHOCK WAVE THERAPY WITH ELECTRIC ACCUPUNTURE ONCE A WEEK. 5 WEEKS LATER 50 PERCEENT BETTER.SURGEON SAID I MIGHT ALWAYS NEED A WALKER. NOW NO MORE WALKER.

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enkhuizen666 | @enkhuizen666 | Oct 10, 2025
In reply to @steveinarizona "@cj38 I have one suggestion: get a revision specialist to look at and potentially do your..." + (show)
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@cj38

I have one suggestion: get a revision specialist to look at and potentially do your revision. Revisions are more complex than original TKRs and you need the best revision surgeon you can find...even it if means traveling if you can possibly afford it. I would want to know that my choice had done at least a hundred successful revisions before mine.

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PLEASE EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT A REVISION IS. THANKS. LANA

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steveinarizona | @steveinarizona | Oct 10, 2025

A revision is when the surgeon has to go back in and make some kind of adjustment. Any time the surgeon has to re-enter the knee area to either replace it with a new one or to make refinements or adjustments. Here is an explanation from a hospital that is part of the Harvard complex:
https://www.brighamandwomens.org/orthopaedic-surgery/knee-replacement-surgery/knee-revision-surgery.

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enkhuizen666 | @enkhuizen666 | Oct 10, 2025

THANKS. WILL RESEARCH IT AND MAIL BACK

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tonilynn | @tonilynn | Oct 10, 2025

Is shock wave therapy covered by Medicare? Is it expensive?

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steveinarizona | @steveinarizona | Oct 11, 2025
In reply to @cj38 "Thank you for your comment. I have not heard of a "revision surgeon" before. I will..." + (show)
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Thank you for your comment. I have not heard of a "revision surgeon" before.
I will have to search that out.

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@cj38

Here is a website from one of Harvard's hospitals explaining revision surgery:
https://www.brighamandwomens.org/orthopaedic-surgery/knee-replacement-surgery/knee-revision-surgery.
Steve

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cj38 | @cj38 | Oct 11, 2025
In reply to @steveinarizona "@cj38 Here is a website from one of Harvard's hospitals explaining revision surgery: https://www.brighamandwomens.org/orthopaedic-surgery/knee-replacement-surgery/knee-revision-surgery#:~:text=Revision%20of%20Total%20Knee%20Replacement,an%20existing%20knee%20prosthesis%20implant. Steve" + (show)
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@cj38

Here is a website from one of Harvard's hospitals explaining revision surgery:
https://www.brighamandwomens.org/orthopaedic-surgery/knee-replacement-surgery/knee-revision-surgery.
Steve

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@steveinarizona

Thanks so much Steve, this information is causing me to consider the other knee replacement (which also needs doing) rather than have the revision. Several points were raised that I hadn't realized.
Again, many thanks
CJ

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