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TarponChaser said:

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Appreciate it. Doing all the movement and exercises I can. And I've already got the ice thing covered....thanks to the best Ag ever

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Tarpc…. checking in to see how you are doing? Hope all is good.

Knees-over-Toes guy on the socials - look him up

My MIL is about 1 year post-op. Mechanically everything is good, no major pain. But, she has pretty serious skin pain. Doctor who did the knee has done everything he can and is referring her to a pain doc to look at managing pain from nerve damage.

Anyone else have this experience and have recomendations? She is supposed to have the other knee done as well but may not do it because of nerve pain from the 1st.

Getting a little better every day. It definitely sucks but I'm moving a lot and tapered off the pain meds. Swelling & bruising are a little better but it will probably be a month or more before that's really gone.

Saying healing prayers for you buddy!

Animal Eight 84 said:

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Did any of you do pre- physical therapy?
Did any certain exercise make a difference?

I'm scheduled for knee replacement this month.
I've been doing at-home daily pre-surgery PT per training from the Therapist who will do my post surgery PT.

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Rehab Director here....Pre-PT is more of a way to ensure that the accessory muscles are tuned up as much as possible and you now have a connection to a facility and your post-surgery PT is more likely to happen. On the days where you are in pain and don't want to go to therapy, this already established connection will help fore you out of bed and get in the car to go to PT. Stay on the HEP, if more people would do their HEP, we would be less busy, and therapy places are not wide open for scheduling for a reason.

Take your meds as scheduled for the first 2-5 days regardless of pain to stay ahead of it, move the knee as much as possible, don't put a pillow under your knee (flexion contractures are the absolute worst), keep it clean and dry for as long as the surgeon says, and do your therapy/HEP as directed. TKAs are pretty straight forward nowadays and nearly all have good results.

Good luck with the surgery coming up, just be a good patient and things will likely be great and you will be wondering why you didn't do it sooner 6wks post-op