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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?
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Aug 4, 2025
Hello @nwpatient, Welcome to Connect. I'm sorry to hear you are having so much pain going...
are going down the stairs using the leg ... with the TKR first followed by the ... other leg. ... Are you still icing and elevating your ... leg?
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Apr 6, 2025
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
@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
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
Good evening @marcia2023 @ezas123 @sueinmn Welcome to Connect where you will be in touch with lots...
will be in touch with lots of fellow TKR ... disappointed with your current post-TKR ... the muscles supporting your knee and leg ... my personal resource for my second TKR ... And did you use ice and elevation religiously
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Oct 20, 2022
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
UPDATE: 6 Weeks Post TKR. blood clots in calf that blew up my immediate post TKR...
UPDATE: 6 Weeks Post TKR. ... calf that blew up my immediate post TKR ... me stepping g up and straightening leg ... Have to elevate and ice. ... stretching, walking, strengthening leg
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Jul 1, 2022
Good afternoon ezas123. I am going to add a bit to Sue's advice about icing and...
to Sue's advice about icing and elevating ... waited about a year for my recent TKR ... atrophy because we tend to use that leg
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Oct 26, 2021
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
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
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