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Post by kokomo on Apr 26, 2016 18:02:34 GMT
I had arthroscopic surgery on my left knee Thursday afternoon I can ambulated and weight bear but bending the knee or trying to completely straightening the leg is Very difficult and that is when it hurts. Afternoon resting the knee is very stiff and takes me awhile to ambulated . The ewe
Loving has mostly gone as I have done great with the icing . Any suggestions to what I can do to increas the recovery process I have heard people are back to regular activity in a week
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Post by Karen-in-Indiana on Apr 26, 2016 18:46:57 GMT
If this is your first knee surgery, you can do more with it then you think you can. My first one I babied! Second one was easy. I used crutches first weekend only to bare weight, mine was also done on a Thursday. I still walked on my feet normally with the crutches. I definitely recommend physical therapy. I did it for my first knee because I babied it so much. Second time I did not but regret it. That knee never did recover as strong as my first.
Karen
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Post by kokomo on Apr 26, 2016 20:45:51 GMT
Thanks I have not used crutches really Sometimes just one crutch going upstairs. Is it too early to use a pool
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Post by luvnlifelady on Apr 26, 2016 20:48:01 GMT
Glad to see this. I am going to talk to my ortho about it on Friday. I have tried the steroid injection and some pt but the knee is still wonky about 20% of the time and is definitely altering my lifestyle. I can't continue like this indefinitely.
OP-I hope you heal quickly.
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Post by luvnlifelady on Apr 26, 2016 21:14:08 GMT
Thanks I have not used crutches really Sometimes just one crutch going upstairs. Is it too early to use a pool What did you do to your knee that it required surgery? What did you try first, if anything? I had an MRI at an independent clinic but my doctor didn't have my images on my first appt. He seemed to claim that surgery would just make it worse but maybe now that he has my images, I hope to get a better understanding of what is going on. This has been very frustrating since January. |
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Post by Jen in NCal on Apr 26, 2016 21:17:09 GMT
I had arthroscopic surgery on my left knee Thursday afternoon I can ambulated and weight bear but bending the knee or trying to completely straightening the leg is Very difficult and that is when it hurts. Afternoon resting the knee is very stiff and takes me awhile to ambulated . The ewe Loving has mostly gone as I have done great with the icing . Any suggestions to what I can do to increas the recovery process I have heard people are back to regular activity in a week After my first surgery it was about 6 weeks before I had full range of motion. Some people are able to go back to regular activity, but that means different things to different people. I was driving after day 5 because I was off the pain meds by then. But I had a lot of pain getting in and out of the car because my knee wouldn't bend far enough. I was back at work on day 4. But most of my day was spent sitting at my desk with my knee elevated and iced. I think it was three weeks post-op before I started training teachers again and being on my foot all day. My second surgery was much easier recovery time, but even now, 4 months post op, there are still tender spots and I can't kneel on it without pain. |
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Post by scrapaddie on Apr 26, 2016 21:25:06 GMT
I had arthroscopic surgery on my left knee Thursday afternoon I can ambulated and weight bear but bending the knee or trying to completely straightening the leg is Very difficult and that is when it hurts. Afternoon resting the knee is very stiff and takes me awhile to ambulated . The ewe Loving has mostly gone as I have done great with the icing . Any suggestions to what I can do to increas the recovery process I have heard people are back to regular activity in a week While I was back to normal activity very quickly, I did have to have physical therapy in order to get my knee to straighten. |
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Post by anxiousmom on Apr 26, 2016 22:24:38 GMT
Thanks I have not used crutches really Sometimes just one crutch going upstairs. Is it too early to use a pool What did you do to your knee that it required surgery? What did you try first, if anything? I had an MRI at an independent clinic but my doctor didn't have my images on my first appt. He seemed to claim that surgery would just make it worse but maybe now that he has my images, I hope to get a better understanding of what is going on. This has been very frustrating since January. My older son had his meniscus torn horribly (some kid slide tackled him in soccer cleat first) and the orthopedist that we saw said that the trend now is to try to avoid surgery as it is an injury that potentially can repair itself and that a lot of times for the meniscus it doesn't help to have surgery or could potentially make it worse. He had about six months of bi-weekly PT and is fine now. Fine to the point that it wasn't even a blip on the radar prior to or during basic training. So it is entirely possible that they want to go the PT route first before jumping straight to surgery. |
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Post by kokomo on Apr 26, 2016 22:40:54 GMT
Actually I tore my meniscus in June I did physio for 5 months I then had a MRI which showed the meniscus was torn and twisted. the pain got to the point I really had trouble getting thru the day without taking pain medication I think part of my recovery is being affected by my weak quad muscles The pain is different than it was before surgery Actually the surgical pain is not as bad as the constant pain from the tear
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Post by zztop11 on Apr 26, 2016 23:48:09 GMT
Thanks I have not used crutches really Sometimes just one crutch going upstairs. Is it too early to use a pool Yes, it's too early. Your doctor is not going to want you in a pool until the incision is completely healed. Too much risk of an infection. I had surgery for a torn meniscus and I know you don't want to hear this but my knee was not "normal" for the next 2 years  |
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