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@gh120 @heyjoe415, I do think each surgeon may have their own recommendations for a good recovery....
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/778445/
to reduce the swelling along with elevating ... the leg. ... helped reduce the swelling with my TKR ... To reduce swelling, elevate your leg
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Hello @donelpaso, Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I'm a little over a year out from having...
swelling for a few months after my TKR ... my surgeon told me to do -- ice and elevate ... the leg and knee often. ... swelling got better for me once I started elevating ... my leg and using ice on the knee after
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I had the same experience as you @anncgrl. I was actually working on the pre-op exercises...
before I was able to schedule my right TKR ... case because I wasn't icing and elevating ... my leg like he told me too.
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I had read from this site about leg lengthening. So I asked my surgeon prior if...
I had read from this site about leg ... significant amount of swelling in entire leg ... prior to hip and was contemplating TKR ... I also slept with wedge for elevation ... Did your leg stay lengthened?
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Thank you Chris and DD. Using the toilet was incredibly painful. I purchased a bedside commode,...
added a small foot stool, to rest my leg ... BTW, I am 19 days post TKR. ... s not too late to try and get that leg ... more elevated?
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