Just to let you know the latest, really making progress,then last friday knee gave way again.Fell on paving stones hit my head and twisted and banged my knee. That was the morning tried all day to stand but could not terrible pain.I the end was told to ring for amblance.Outcome is first they thought i had chipped it,then a facture.Finally deceided it was very bruised in side knee. Stayed in hospital until Sunday,I am now out I can walk a few steps with crutches knee very swollen and have fluid on the lower part of knee ,but really back to square one.
Please get an MRI, this sounds exactly like my experience! The ER took x-rays and told me it was just a massive bruise. Two months later could still barely walk. My primary care ordered an MRI. I had meniscus and cartilage tears. I had planned to get tkr after thr and my orthopedist wanted to go ahead and do my knee right then, so I did. An x-ray and exam does not show this kind of damage. I got so weak from not walking for 2 months that it has given me a much harder time recovering from tkr along with a still bad left hip and right knee. Get an MRI so you don't just add more time off your feet....good luck.
thank you for your message, my femur was plated and screwd ,and i had it taken out when i had my tkr. Thats why i keep collapsing, as my muscles are so weak. Pam
Pam, without my physical therapist I would never have recovered...she gave me many exercises to do to strengthen my knee. It was a lot of hard work..that paid off.
In the meantime.. sit in a straight back chair...now lift your right leg until it is straight out and hold it 5 seconds...now slowly lower it to the floor. Do 5 repetitions...I did the exercises on botb legs
lay on the bed flat...now slowly lift yout leg 6 inches off of the bed...hold it for 5 seconds...repeat 5 repetitions
Do these sets several times per day. Increase the hold time by 5 seconds to 10. Work to increase the repetitions...I still do 20-25 repetitions.. Commercials are a great time to exercise.
Hello Judith, I wish i could lift my leg but because their is no muscle,it will not lift at all. Being in a cast for 7 months the muscle just went, and that is why my knee keeps collapsing.
Do you know what isometric exercises are...you do not move...you just tense a muscle best you can, hold, and relax...perhaps you will begin this way. It does not take movement to count, just truly trying counts a lot.
You are very welcome...just tensing your muscles will prepare you for movement...Pam, I have been down and out and written off...I can tell that you truly want this...it will happen...once you get the train to begin moving, you will easily pick up steam. Begin with three repetitions of tense your muscle, hold, and release...go for quality, increase the hold as your muscle adjusts...in your mind see the movement...one day you will sit in that straight back chair, tense the muscle and it will move...and if you are like me, the tears of joy will flow...
I still have all of my hardware and the total knee, fractured the hip, and lost the ankle...lots of hardware...I worked all day everyday...not to be confused with worked every minute...
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