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Preparing for TKR A great surgeon and great physical therapist I had same therapist for every...
Preparing for TKR A great surgeon ... for therapist to have easy access to leg ... Had bolster recommended by my pay to elevate ... my leg to keep swelling down An old
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Jul 20, 2024
@jjo51, Way to go new Connect member. I wanted to welcome you and found that you...
that you are continuing to ice and elevate ... you ever tried the yoga pose "Legs ... (Two TKR's.....10 years apart.).
Discussion: TKR / Numbness
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Jul 10, 2023
Hi Sheryl @maggiegirl1123, That's great news that your TKR is going so well. What really helped...
through the recovery was icing and elevating ... the knee/leg along with diligently ... OK so hopefully I won't need a TKR ... telling me how and when to ice and elevate ... my leg, his idea and my idea of how
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: May 17, 2023
Good morning @robyn11 and a big welcome to Connect. On this forum, we believe in sharing...
something like "swelling after TKR ... phrase might be "tight band after TKR ... please make sure you are icing and elevating ... it......you may want to place your leg ... on an elevated wedge pillow at bedtime
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Nov 17, 2022
POST 9 WEEKS UPDATE - 24-July-2022. - Pain subsiding, level 4-6 mostly after PT , walking...
more than say 200 steps and have to elevate ... the thigh to the foot so I have to elevate ... stiffness and swelling after being on leg ... STIFF FEELING REST OF LIFE, 20% OF TKR ... know it was DVT until 8 days post TKR
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Jul 24, 2022
In reply to - "What I meant by a “no-no” is that there should be no...
there should be no bending when the leg ... is elevated. ... BTW this will be my second TKR. ... If you have enough pillows, your leg ... the leg in a TKR in early weeks.
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Feb 7, 2022
What I meant by a “no-no” is that there should be no bending when the leg...
there should be no bending when the leg ... is elevated. ... mentioned within the context of the elevation ... BTW this will be my second TKR.
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Feb 5, 2022
Good evening @gobigred, I am very sorry to read that you are still having pain and...
pain and discomfort with your recent TKR ... This is my second TKR. ... Still, the solution for me was ice and elevate ... suggesting that you do the Yoga pose "Legs ... With the first TKR, the surgeon drained
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Dec 22, 2021
@tracy70 Sorry to hear you are continuing to be so miserable. I am week 12 and...
I needed to increase the level of elevation ... resigned myself to accepting this TKR ... subsequent session got easier and my entire leg
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Oct 20, 2021
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
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
@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
I also have a 9 week old TKR. I had horrible sensitivity on my leg and...
I also have a 9 week old TKR. ... I had horrible sensitivity on my leg ... cardboard box with a cut out for your leg ... I still ice and elevate 3 times a day ... I use anything I can roll on my leg,
Discussion: TKR / Numbness
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Jul 10, 2023
Hello @aml01, I would like to add my welcome to Connect with @roxxxy2626 and others. I...
periods of time also when I had my TKR ... found that I could do several of the leg ... exercises (ankle pumps and raising the leg ... leg but @roxxxy2626 suggestion for getting ... surgeon scolded me pretty good at my TKR
Discussion: 5 months post TKR
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Jun 26, 2023
Hi there @sherrygk, thanks for responding. Oh my dear....you are not even a month post-surgery. I...
Are you still using ice and elevation ... Sometimes that depends on which leg ... had the TKR and how your car implements
Discussion: Walking after TKR
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Apr 23, 2023
I'd suggest getting a leg raiser on amazon. It elevates the feet and knees above the...
I'd suggest getting a leg raiser ... It elevates the feet and knees above ... And for anyone thinking about a TKR,
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Feb 8, 2023
Greetings @busdriver57. And thank you @colleenyoung for the introduction. First of all, let me praise you...
some ice to go with the appropriate elevation ... you have trouble sleeping before the TKR ... then lay down a pillow between my legs ... so that the surgery leg was on the ... Do you notice swelling in the TKR area
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Nov 29, 2022