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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
Deep breath! TKR is really tough and has a very long rehabilitation period, like up to...
TKR is really tough and has a very long ... The incisions in the leg (usually 2) ... Keep that leg moving or it will stiffen ... #39;t exercising, get your surgical leg ... That's what elevators are for.
Discussion: TKR after 2 weeks
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Jul 24, 2025
I am 11 weeks post op TKR and just did a 12 hour drive in one...
I am 11 weeks post op TKR and just did ... When we got home my Knee, leg and ankle ... I iced and elevated and it is back to
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: May 28, 2023
Sorry to hear your going thru this! I had a tkr on my right knee 7...
I had a tkr on my right knee 7 weeks ... I laid on my back with my leg elevated
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Apr 10, 2019
Well I'm a 68 y/o male - not overweight - used to run a lot but...
find a pt or trainer and get your leg ... Ice and elevation of course, and wear ... Most unhappy TKR patients don't
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Sep 4, 2023
@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
Yes, but you also need to have your leg elevated during recovery, especially when you are...
Yes, but you also need to have your leg ... elevated during recovery, especially ... My TKR was 16-months ago and I've
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Oct 1, 2025
@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
Good evening Debbie. Welcome to Connect. I see this is your first post. I just read...
I am now 7 weeks post-op from my TKR ... skin the best solution is ice and elevate ... Along with the ice, you do need to elevate ... purchased a wedge on Amazon and I place my leg ... meds don't quite do what ice and elevation
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Oct 17, 2021
@ray666 I just had a TKR on March 9. I am 84 and live alone. I...
@ray666 I just had a TKR on March 9. ... me keep a daily schedule of icing, elevating ... My leg looks well healed and I think
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
Hi, I’m 64 years old & had TKR on my right leg. The surgery was unique...
Hi, I’m 64 years old & had TKR ... on my right leg. ... The TKR went well. ... My surgeon has performed 4000+ TKR surgeries ... I’m retired so I’m able keep it elevated
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Aug 24, 2024
I'm 5 weeks post-op for LTKR, and I have 3 more weeks before I can get...
I am resting, icing, and elevating throughout ... surgery I could not straighten my leg ... articles about water exercise post-TKR ... resumed Pilates this soon after a TKR ... an exercise or anything beyond ice/elevation
Good evening @teschang and welcome to Connect. We are patients who agree to share their experiences...
I also had my second TKR last August ... familiar with Yoga and a pose names "Legs ... Are you able to sleep with your foot elevated ... neuropathy symptoms in the foot of the TKR ... leg.
Good evening @krenn........sorry for being a little late getting back to you. I have surgery scheduled...
What we did with the second TKR was ... Are you using lots of ice and elevating ... your leg above your heart?
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Jul 15, 2022
Hi Debbraw, thanks so much for your response. I apologise for it being late had a...
Well firstly good luck with your tkr ... On the last leg I was walking so slowly ... I try the leg raises and stair climbs ... I think I am just in bed elevating and
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Apr 14, 2019
TKR is overwhelming, isn't it? I have been where you are, as have many others. Do...
TKR is overwhelming, isn't it? ... and alignment of everything in your leg ... Sleep is always a problem after TKR ... All the icing and elevating really does ... I wanted the **** leg amputated too
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Aug 27, 2025
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