Does anyone else feel as if the leg that has had a TKR is a lead weight, this is becoming a real problem now, feels like they have put a lead knee replacement in not a titanium one.
Try having both replaced at the same time! Ha! Our muscles are just out of whack and need to be worked back into shape! It will eventually feel lighter. How long ago was your surgery?
I experienced that with my first one but I'm 7 wks on my second. I find right now that it's stiff but probably not heavy. My thigh mussels are strong and that helps. As you progress it will get better. How long ago did you have you tkr?
Hi, I will be 4 weeks post op on Friday, I swear they have put lead weights in there, lol.
Hi, I am 4 weeks post op on Friday.
it is a foreign object, and you should look up total knee replacement on you tube. That explains all that s done so you'll understand why. And as monadieu states, it must be horrible with both done at the same time. It's your mussels and ligaments, nerves etc.
Can't imagine having them both done at the same time, my right one will be done sometime next year, at least I will know what to expect.
yes, i think everyone here has it right, the heaviness will go away, im still feeling it, however im one of the slow healers. today after 13 post op i can tell it has gotten a lot better. hang in there, good healing!
Hi Diane
I am 9 months post op now and it still feels heavy and stiff....it is a little lighter than than 6 months ago but it is still lead like.
Everyone says it will get lighter but every time I go on my exercise bike or walk to my local shops, it gets heavy and tightens up...
Its like a never ending story!!
I am 4 months out today and I don't think it is lead. It is just the stiffness in your knee that feels like a huge tight rubber band wrapped around it.I was told it could last for months more. When I sit for more than 15 minutes it feels really tight and heavy. It feels a little better when I walk a little while but it never goes away.
Lol yes I said exactly the same thing
Yes I am 7 months out on my right knee and still get the heavy feeling,the clicking and clunking every time I move and the band feeling. Ive just got the feeling that I will have to put up with that. Its metal after all. Cant see it getting any better now. Sorry if thats being defeatist.
Like you I will be 4 weeks post op on Friday and agree it does feel like a lead weight, hope it will get better as time goes on, also find am stiffer some days than others, do you find that?
I definetley feel stiffer on some days, I was fine for 2 weeks then in the 3rd week the stiffness got worse. I'm hoping it will get better eventually.
I am old hat at this 2 years and 4 months since my TKR,,I agree with everyone the knee is now metal and not bone so is bound to feel heavier
I don't notice it now I think it's a case of just getting used to it. My leg just gets on with it.
I have a 140 bend and have done since week 20, I can walk for miles and I don't let it hinder me.
It was the right thing to do having the operation I am pain free and I don't allow it to change my life style.
The only thing I do have is clicking and clanging which told is normal.. something a squirter of WD40 would help.
Keep on with the excercisescan just well stay positive..the outcome is well worth it.
It actually weighs around two pounds and it "feels" heavy because you have no strength built up in your surrounding muscles (quad, calf...). Once you get to zero / +120 (or more)...full range of motion...hit the gym and get your strength back.
My first knee surgery was HEAVY LEG TIME for several weeks. My second never felt that way. Very strange!
Sometimes, even now, nearly a YEAR since my first surgery, that first leg will STILL feel heavy at times.
I think weather affects it as does sitting too long or standing too long.
Try drinking more water. That lessens swelling.
Also, walking helps me. It gets circulation going.
Try ankle pumps to help circulation. I do those throughout the day.
I think everybody is different Cheryl. I dont usually walk very far,a mile at the most but if i do my operated leg swells up. I feel it hasnt healed properly after 7 months. Apparently it can take a year. But I agree about sitting/standing. I went on holiday last week and due to delays/little sitting room was on my feet foor longer than normal. And I paid for it for a couple of days after.
Have the same problem. Struggling to lift leg makes exercise nearly impossible. Been 6 weeks since op. Pet today and my bend has improved slightly in the last 2 weeks Was 77 now 80. Good luck
Yes! Doing the thing that the leg doesn't WANT surely causes PLENTY of grief!😲
I think the healing MUST go on even longer than a year! My left one will be a year next week, and nearly every day I feel nerves waking up that cause weird temporary twinges. My right one was better off from the get-go even in the recovery room. This was a huge surprise for me because my right knee was ALWAYS the most painful of the two.