Thank you for watching and sharing your comment. I'm very glad you the video and advice was helpful! Best wishes to you in your continued recovery after surgery!

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Glad you found the video helpful, thank you so much for watching and best wishes with your recovery from knee replacement surgery!

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Thank you very much, glad you found the video helpful! Best wishes in your continued recovery after surgery!

Glad it was helpful!

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Thank you for watching, best wishes to you in your continued recovery after surgery!

Thank you for watching and your supportive words! It comes with the territory and I do my best to not take any of the comments to personally! 🙂

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Yup, thank you for sharing and you are exactly right! Glad you are on the right track and hope you continue to recover and see improvements!

Thank you very much for sharing and for watching the video! Like anything, improving your walking and movement, and building confidence in your new knee, takes time and practice. It sounds like you are off to a good start in you recovery after surgery. Best wishes!

Thank you and thanks for watching!

Thank you for watching!

You are very welcome, glad to hear your knee is feeling better and you are walking and moving better. Best wishes with your continued recovery from surgery!

Thank you for watching and commenting! It sounds like you are doing very well overall! Hope you continue to see improvements in your abilities, best wishes!

I'm going on 3 weeks out from TKR replacement. Went to PT today and the therapist wasn't my normal one. I've been having issues with my quad not want to stretch or contract. The therapist would push as far as I could go then stop and start massaging my quad. Today's session was mostly working on getting my quad to stretch and contract

Best of luck and thank you for watching!

I had mine on July 7th a yr ago my therapist made me walk straight and slowly though. I was worried about the balance. Now I walk well, but I have sciatic nerve problem, L-5 is pinching the nerve though my L-4 and 5 were infused. A soft happened after the TKR, my heel is numb and painful.

Thank you for watching and commenting! Best wishes to you!

Thank you for watching and commenting! Best wishes to you as you prepare for your upcoming surgeries, and let me know if any questions come up in the meantime that I may be able to help answer!

You are very welcome! Stick with it and over time you should see the improvements come. Best wishes to you!

Yup, totally agree... practice, practice, practice and over time you'll see the small improvements. best wishes!

Thank you for watching and I’m glad you have found the videos helpful!

I'm almost 4 weeks post op from a RTKR. I'm afraid I did acquire a terrible gait with severe arthritis and a torn meniscus. I am trying to walk in a proper way now. Any advice ? Tfs

This progression tends to vary a lot. Although a lot of people can transition away from the walker in a week or two, many also follow a similar progression as you describe spending more times with the walker, cane, and then eventually no device.

Thank you for that timeline. I was getting a little discouraged, but now I know that there is hope😊

Thank you for that timeline. I was getting a little discouraged, but now I know that there is hope

Thank you for this comment gives me hope 😅 I feel a little concerned when reading people’s rapid success stories and I’m not matching up, 😳 pleased for them, however my surgeon and physio reassured me the other day at my 6 week review and emphasised that only 20% of healing takes place at this point and slow and steady wins out in the end. Yes a marathon, not a sprint to a normal walking gait done without thought, think a year he said.. Glad to hear of your progress, wishing you continued good health.

I really appreciate seeing someone in the same boat as I am! I’m at 4 months post-op and until a month ago I was using a 4-wheeled walker almost exclusively. I just felt so weak and unstable. The past month I’ve mainly transitioned to a cane, so making progress, slowly. I’ve tried practicing walking unassisted in a narrow hallway a fair bit, and it’s an absolute mess. I tense right up and my gait that is pretty natural while using the cane suddenly becomes a massive limp. I’m sure a lot of it is that I’m tensing/bracing, which is causing the limping. Deep down I know that structurally my knee is likely fine to walk unassisted safely, but it’s overcoming the psychological fear part that is the toughest, I think. I’m hoping that after a couple months with a cane I’ll be more comfortable to try moving to unassisted walking with success. It’s incredibly frustrating to be 45 years old and still barely walking when there were 70 year olds in my early physio classes who were walking unassisted in 2 weeks. But every body heals in its own time, so I’m trying to learn to be gentle on myself. I know I’ll get there eventually!

Thank you for watching and sharing your personal experience! There can be so many things going through your head as you recover from surgery and sometimes we have to remember to keep it simple. Relax, be confident, and just go for it. Trust your knee and body! Best wishes with your continued recovery!

Thanks for watching and best of luck in your continued recovery!

I have the same experience. How are you now? How did you treat your tight or stiffed knee?

@@msteariousmm7482 hi…pain in the calf has gone now but I still have stiffness in my knee. Surgeon said it takes 12 months to be as good as it’s going to be so that’s January 2023. I think I’m going to pay to see a private physio and see if we can’t speed up the recovery 🤞

I am going to try this exercise as I live in a very hilly area. I’m 3 months into my recovery so here’s hoping

@@alandavies1054 How are you now? How's your knee flexion (bending)? I still have stiffness in my left knee

Thank you for watching and your comment! It takes time and practice but with consistency you will notice some good improvements. Best wishes!

Many of the tips will be the same as the videos I already have posted, check out this playlist: kzfaq.info/sun/PLmjdDYgvJ_hVpTFlf9--shRs_UQNNh2_e

I would respectfully push back on that... you probably know and feel a lot more than you think. Walking is a very intuitive sub-conscious activity. Sometimes keeping it simple and not overthinking it is a lot better. Maybe a better word than "normal" is to say "relaxed" and "casual"... You've been walking your whole life, don't overcomplicate it... this is the advice I would give if you were one of my patients in the clinic. Hope this helps, best wishes and thank you for watching!

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I recommend frequent short walks throughout the day. There is no set number but I recommend getting up and moving around at least every 60-90 min at a minimum with a few walks a little longer in distance.

@@KneeReplacementTherapists thanks a lot❤️

3 weeks is still pretty early in the recovery… the limo should diminish as you continue to heal and continue with your walking program. Follow the instructions of your personal healthcare providers but you probably start to progressively build up your running distances in a few weeks. Best wishes to you.

Essentially all the same recommendations, but you'll have to focus extra effort on a few things. One is stretching for your whole body: legs, trunk, neck, shoulders to maintain good posture and mobility. You also need to emphasis the amplitude and speed with all your movements: walking, exercises, etc. as Parkinsons makes your movements slow and small. Lastly, lots of balance and stability exercises. Hope this helps!

Thank you for watching... stay the course, it is very normal to have walking difficulties after surgery and takes time and practice to see noticeable improvements...best wishes!

Yup.. this seems like a simple answer but it is also important to understand what changes to our walking happen after a knee replacement or with pain, and then when that is understood the answer makes better sense.

Unfortunately, my advice would be to do your best to start walking and moving. There are numerous negative side effects of prolonged immobility and being bed bound or chair bound. Have someone there to help assist and guard you, it may just start with trying to stand in place. There likely is going to be some pain, but you are going to have to work through some pain to build back your mobility and strength. A little bit is more than nothing.

Invest in some good shoes. It will help with your feet

Please try and walk. It's painful at first. If you don't you may have a longer recovery. A lady in my ward, same knee replacement as mine is struggling as she didn't walk enough. I struggle, in saying that I have 110 degree bend and walk well. The struggle is the pain. If you have a good Dr you may be able to chat about pain management. Good luck. 👍

Same here, my knees have been so bad for so long i don't walk normal. Going in to get TKR in 4 days.

This is common. After surgery, you are going to have a ton of different sensations and feelings in your leg and body. It will take time and practice to re-learn simple things like walking, but with practice and cueing and instruction from a trained physical therapist often folks make very significant improvements.

After knee replacement surgery is a great time to practice re-learning how to walk with a more "normal" pattern.

It's possible that rushing hard on your operated leg to catch a flight might have put excessive strain on it, which could contribute to discomfort or complications like plantar fasciitis. There a number of factors that can play a role. The good news usually with some rest and simple exercises this can resolve over time...sometimes takes a little longer than we wish though... Some good exercises to consider are standing calf stretches and heel raises.

I'm very sorry to hear this. Hopefully, with time and practicing walking in addition to other exercises you will feel better and move better. Best wishes to you and thank you for watching!

The spasms are very common and issues with sleeping are common, too. For most people this improves over time as your knee and surrounding tissues heal and recover. You can try some massage, icing, and/or heat prior to bed to hopefully decrease the frequency or intensity of these spasms. Also taking pain medicine within about a half hour of going to bed can be helpful sometimes, too. Hope this helps!

Sounds good to me. Just be aware of your pacing and duration. Start with a short walk on mostly level surface and go from there as you continue to heal and recover following surgery.

Lots of practice. Two simple things to think about are large steps and walking at a comfortable but brisk pace. This oftentimes corrects a lot of walking deficits we notice. The more you practice this the more automatic it becomes. Best wishes to you!

All of the advice from this video would still apply in your circumstances. Keep it real simple, big steps, relaxed movements. This will become easier and more automatic with lots and lots of practice.

@@KneeReplacementTherapists One more question, for some reason it’s like I forgot how to walk with my good knee too. I’ve been trying to walk without crutches and it feels like I try too hard to straighten my leg all the way and it feels wrong. I’m afraid I’m hurting myself more by doing this, not walking properly. Does it just come with time and practice?

Walking downhill is similar to any recommendations for walking downstairs as they are both eccentric movements... controlled movements going with gravity. Here is one exercise that may help kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jbdxedWU1dS3caM.html Also, if you are having difficulty try to lead with your surgical leg when walking down hill as the back leg will support more of your body weight and does more work.

Essentially all of the concepts and cues are the same just you have to be realistic about the extent of improvements you see... You may still have some deficits and never fully achieve a "natural" gait but you can still make significant improvements with practice.

You can start incorporating these techniques right after surgery… even if using an assistive device, you can focus on relaxed smooth movements. Practice makes perfect.

Yup, absolutely you got it! Hope this was helpful!

This is a common complaint I hear from knee replacement recipients... Check out this video to learn more: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d7GEm5mesJepmHk.html

It certainly does. I got my knee op on Nov and I'm 12 weeks now It has been extremely painful in the winter months. It's getting a bit better not so painfull but still very stiff.

It is not suppose to when all the arthritis has been cleaned out.

This is true... and different kinds of swings 🙂

Nice!

Lots of practice... for right now hopefully you can get connected with a physical therapist to provide you some exercises you can do before surgery to optimize your range of motion and strength going into surgery... after surgery it will be a lot of exercises and also doing a lot of walking to retrain yourself how to walk optimally with good speed and amplitude of movements/steps. Best wishes to you!

How long really depends on your personal goals and your progress. At some point your range of motion will either plateau or you will reach an amount that is enough to do the things you need to do.. walking, stairs, getting up from a chair, etc... it comes down to a conversation with you and your PT and making sure you have an end goal in mind.

@@KneeReplacementTherapists thank you. I will have a one to one with my physical therapist. 🥹

Thank you for the supportive words and thanks for watching! Hope you found the video helpful!

This is part of it... Mainly, walking with excessively stiff small steps and movements, not just with your knee and surgical leg, but your whole body. Instead, you want to focus on smooth, relaxed full movements trying your best to just walk free and naturally, This gets easier with practice and as your pain, range of motion, and strength all improve.

Excellent video much appreciated. Going to remember all you have pointed out in trying to relax body & walk as normal as can not to tense up when have my TKR few weeks time 🌻🌻🌻

Sorry to hear that... unfortunately, for some folks it does take a long time to feel like your walking has returned to "normal" Keep at it and continue to stay active in other ways and hopefully you will continue to see improvements.

You need to work more on your quads and bend at the knees when walking.

Its been 5 months since my knee injury. Torn meniscus. Its getting better but I'm still walking like Matt Dillon's deputy Chester on Gun Smoke. Thanks for the great advice.

I can't provide you an answer to that because it varies so much. It depends where you are getting the knee replacement, if you have medical insurance, and other factors.

@@KneeReplacementTherapists yes I have ESI specially

I made a video to specifically answer this question. Check it out: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hbGHfbZhtrWxopc.html

bad pain lasts a week. then it gets easier.

For months excersize is very very important.

I had terrible pain for two months after TKR, I thought something was wrong. Finally having less pain in knee but hip, sciatica and low back pain has set in.

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I'm sorry to hear about your difficulties.

4 replacements on same knee? Find another Ortho surgeon

@@jeanetteblaurock6958 Hi Jeanette, I did find another after the first one almost killed me and they had to rush me to another hospital to save my life,after a 4 hour surgery the doctor told me that if he wouldn’t have operated right away I could have died or lost my leg and the following 3 surgeries I had one of the best surgeon but he said that the first surgery was done so badly that it is impossible to repair the damage that the first surgeon done and I would have to use my walker for the rest of my life and when I had my fourth surgery done, I had 2 surgeon working on it,one-was repairing my tendons and the other one was doing the rest and now my knee is stiff for good.

@@klausristau4243 Sorry to hear the tragic situation you experienced. That was totally unnecessary but it’s a lesson that ALL patients must learn before deciding on any surgery…… that lesson is: Do your homework….. do research on that surgeon. Im glad you are ok and that you didn’t lose your life.❤️😘❤️

I also hope you sued the physician who obviously didn’t know what he was doing. The financial compensation would have helped with your struggles❤️

Thank you for watching and for your honest feedback. I will definitely take this into consideration for future videos!

I'll tag this is as chapter in the timeline at the bottom, so folks are welcome to skip ahead if they wish. Thanks

Thank you for your feedback and thank you for watching!

Right? Wondering if he ever had knee surgery to physically feel the excruciating pain.

@@MericaWakeUp Probably not.

Change the speed to 2X under settings 👍🏼

It's only six minutes...

I appreciate the honest feedback... I think a microphone would be a good investment for future videos!

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Good point.

Brain surgery, knee or any others personally, as requirement for experience surgery? No of course not...but as for your teeth example, YES, there are teeth-puller dentists out there with instant assembly line procedures on certain days$$$, themselves with gleaming white natural smiles. I WOULD NEVER LET THEM DO IT TO ME, EVEN AT 75! Permanently cruel, disfiguring if face, and unnecessary. With all the state if the art known. Implants, 3toithbrudge replacements. Nope.

I do agree I have bowed legs. Thankfully right now I do not have any pain or symptoms.

@@KneeReplacementTherapists it is better to be performed on normal knees, because if you develop OA later they will overcorrect it for you which affects you in many aspects, starting from the day of surgery with severe pain to late recovery, then to a valgus knee, in your situation you only need correction nothing more. Because you have no OA but normal knees

No, I haven't

I totally understand this isn’t easy, but the more you can be conscious of it and practice, even if far from perfect, you can start to see improvements little by little. Thanks for watching.

@KneeReplacementTherapists Thank you. Yes, this hasn't been easy. Since my TKR, I have been struggling with straightening my knee. Any suggestions?

Thanks for the tip and thanks for watching!

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Thank you for watching. Range of motion and pain management are important, but sometimes we tend to overcomplicate things and this just feeds into our anxieties and impairments. Often times focusing on the simple things can be the most helpful.

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@@KneeReplacementTherapists I was replying to the guy who made a rude comment about the Tom Cruise voice.

@@LauraGomez-lq2kc oh ok, thank you 🙏

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