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Hi @tamryk and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. It is so difficult after a major surgery...
connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/unable-to-sleep-after-tkr ... / - Trouble sleeping after TKR https ... /discussion/trouble-sleeping-after-tkr ... / @tamryk, are you still elevating ... your leg at night?
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Dec 27, 2020
Hello @mercuryrose, Welcome to Connect. I also have lymphedema in both legs with my right leg...
more than the left leg. ... for a week or so after my right knee TKR ... exercises, as well as icing and elevating ... shared about knee replacements -- TKR ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/tkr
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Sep 26, 2021
@shark. I have always hated recliners and could not see myself ever using one. I have...
I have RA and just had TKR. ... Mine keeps my legs pretty straight and ... dead) I’m not sure how you could keep legs ... elevated. ... Elevating helps swelling so it helps
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Oct 2, 2025
@jmjlove I think the swelling is down a little from yesterday. My daughter kept telling me...
My daughter kept telling me elevate ... elevate elevate when she was with me ... Hopefully the left leg will get me through ... Still a lot of tightness in the right leg ... Hope all is going well for my new TKR
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Apr 11, 2019
Trouble sleeping post TKR is not unusual. I would get up and go on my stationary...
Trouble sleeping post TKR is not unusual ... You can also try lying on your back, elevate ... your legs and do bicycle riding exercises
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Feb 3, 2023
When did you have your TKR? Is there a specific area that burns? Do you feel...
When did you have your TKR? ... 1-1/2 weeks after my recent right TKR ... burning type pain each time I lowered my leg ... after having it elevated. ... There are lots of supportive TKR folks
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Feb 12, 2019
Hello @dke7, Welcome to Connect. Most of the problems I had early on with my TKR...
the problems I had early on with my TKR ... I was not doing the rest, ice and elevate ... The icing and elevating many times during ... to sleep on the side with my good leg ... Using a small pillow in between my legs
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Jul 11, 2020
I had SEVERE leg cramping and "zappers" with my second TKR. I communicated this to my...
I had SEVERE leg cramping and "zappers ... " with my second TKR. ... continued PT, mild walking and icing/elevating
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Jan 9, 2023
@marymelba - the leg lifter's are available online from Amazon, they run from $7 to $10....
@marymelba - the leg lifter's are ... staff gave me one each time I got my TKR ... Do a search for "leg lifter after ... helping you get into and out of bed, and elevating ... I elevated most of the time I was in
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Aug 14, 2021
@mercuryrose I had my right knee TKR done at Rochester Mayo Clinic in April 2019. They...
@mercuryrose I had my right knee TKR ... help with successful recovery after a TKR ... is to faithfully do the pre-surgery leg ... surgery exercise along with icing and elevating ... the leg during recovery.
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Oct 26, 2021
Hello @agingdonna, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @cindymattern. It does...
reduce swelling at night after my TKR ... mattress at the foot of the bed to slight elevate ... the legs.
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: May 6, 2023
Thanks JK @contentandwell -- Even though the blood test was positive the ultrasound showed that all...
behind the right knee that had the TKR ... #39;ve mostly been resting with the leg ... elevated most of the day with the exception
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: May 11, 2019
Hey Phil, my knee was swollen long before I had the TKR, so I'm not surprised...
was swollen long before I had the TKR ... walked up a bunch of stairs -- but elevating ... About a week ago though my TKR leg was ... moving my knee was back to its usual TKR
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Sep 29, 2025
@wildebjef, Hoping the rest of your day goes well with the knee replacement. My surgeon told...
thing for the swelling was icing the leg ... down and making sure it's elevated ... He basically told me to keep the leg ... elevated when sitting down. ... for a few weeks after the TKR.
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Aug 30, 2020
@gh120 @heyjoe415, I do think each surgeon may have their own recommendations for a good recovery....
to reduce the swelling along with elevating ... the leg. ... helped reduce the swelling with my TKR ... To reduce swelling, elevate your leg
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Nov 28, 2022
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
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: May 3, 2020
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.
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Aug 1, 2021
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?
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Aug 4, 2025
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?
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Aug 14, 2021