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@tracy70 - I'm wondering if there is a reason that you are only starting PT more...
From my experience with my two TKR&#39 ... also kept stressing the icing and elevation ... was improving and fine tuning the leg ... Eventually I used a pillow between my legs
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Oct 4, 2021
I’m curious as to how you had your large fiber neuropathy diagnosed. I’m 77, live alone,...
I use the elevator now. ... Ortho at first suggested TKR but wanted ... 210 now), he doesn’t think I’ll need TKR ... I feel like you - a TKR would be nice ... pain) and fibromyalgia, make me think TKR
Good evening @tracy70. Oh my, oh my. I am trying to put my head around your...
i just had my second TKR 7 weeks ago ... requires several weeks of stretching your leg ... to put your knee on so that it is elevated
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Sep 29, 2021
Carol, remember that most of the people who post here are looking to solve problems and...
personally know three other people with TKR ... And of course lots of icing and elevation ... knees very far when sitting cross legged ... TKR's will never feel like my original
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Oct 29, 2022
@rorygrabowsky, My reason for not having any more injections was that they would not have helped...
I had my TKR on the 1st of April, 2019 ... to normal about 2 months after my TKR ... the leg. ... me the what for because I was not elevating ... my leg.
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Jan 3, 2021
@artscaping I just typed up an answer and lost it, so I will try to get...
I elevate quite a bit and also have ... that moves my leg from straight to bent ... My last TKR was a hot mess, the pain
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Dec 2, 2021
Good morning @gertrudes. I am so sorry that you are still having pain after what appeared...
after what appeared to be a successful TKR ... also find a Yoga pose called "legs ... After your surgery, did you elevate
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Aug 18, 2022
Good afternoon @ginzy53. Welcome to Connect. I am just one of a group of mentors who...
terms of the road to recovery from a TKR ... Do you use a wedge to elevate your knee ... machines and didn't see an "elevator ... strength by standing on your surgery leg ... reduced by moving the fluid up your leg
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Sep 18, 2021
Hi @amytro - I am 3 1/2 weeks post surgery for a left TKR. Surgery was...
1/2 weeks post surgery for a left TKR ... I sleep best if I elevate my surgery ... leg.
Discussion: Week 3 post TKR
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Feb 24, 2019
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
marcia, I'm sorry for what you're going through. I've had both knees replaced this year, both...
year to recover from the trauma of TKR ... And everyday use ice and elevate your ... foam products on Amazon to raise your leg
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Oct 21, 2022
I can relate to your comment about being very sensitive to pain. I had a horrible...
opinions about how to rehab a knee after TKR ... Also, arrange a comfortable way to elevate ... your leg above the level of your heart ... swelling under control so that your leg ... complications, the rehab, how the leg
Discussion: Delaying TKR
Posted: Aug 16, 2025
@nriversYes, I have been living with a lot of same symptoms you are having. i am...
, burning and stinging in feet and legs ... is every night and now the feet and legs ... , not to mention that I have had 2 TKR ... Two yr ago my feet and legs begin to ... wear support stockings and keep feet elevated
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Aug 1, 2021
Good Morning, Angela (and all) - If you can (individually - and all) step back a...
My last TKR cost slightly over $94K ... When you look at JUST the TKR surgical ... problem which puts us all at risk. most TKR ... inflammation and pain (daily) drives me to elevate ... and "ice" the leg several times
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Jan 24, 2019
Hi! I want to share what I have learned about my own scar tissue issue. I...
I had a TKR 7 months ago; an MUA 5 months ... treatments; several times a day I elevate ... my leg by resting it vertically against ... sites about scar tissue issues with TKR ... of excessive scar tissue issues in TKR
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Feb 14, 2021
Hello. I thought I'd jump into the conversation with my experiences. I've had a TKR for...
I've had a TKR for both my knees ... able to work from home) with my knee elevated ... in the middle of the help move my leg ... that, I would still have gotten the TKR
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Aug 28, 2025
Dear Angela - I'm genuinely sorry to hear your story. My own is not "the same",...
recovery... while you are sitting around (elevating ... Most TKR surgical recoveries are a kind ... can't "straighten" the leg ... are able to bend and straighten the leg ... prosthetic alloy) and then another TKR
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Jan 22, 2019