I was stuck at 88 degree bend and 4 striegtining. I Had a minipulation 1 week ago and it was very painful worst then the actual replacement. I get to 100 bend but have a lot of pain on the right side of left leg. The inner side don't know if it's muscle or ligament. It won't go away. The physical therapist says it feels smoother to bend outside the pain. We have to use a tens electrical machine to counter the normal pain to bend. No other pain around the knee at all. What should I do and will it go away.
hi willdo ya i know what you mean ive had mua keyhole before because same problem , fantastic that your getting 100 bend , you need to keep bending to keep the bend ,but problem is pain and i see where your coming from the inner side pain is what im getting at the moment im trying to push more to get more bend and also trying to straighten it and result is ive exactly the same as you crazy pain my physio pointed out to me on a chart that there are 3 muscles that come down thigh and wrap around inside of thigh around knee joint one of which is hamstring if you look up a chart of muscle groups on legs you can see it ,im in the same possition as you its realy painfull it needs to rest abit to settle down ,but on the flip side you need to keep bend going ,so hard ice it regulary do some excersise but rest inbetween .has the tens machine helped with pain ? ive not tried
Yes the tens unit helps alot.especially when I push alot cause I rase the volume of the unit to overide the pain confusing the brain and allowing me to bend further. It's still painful but alouse me to reach my goals to bend.
So strange I bought a tens unit and my physio told me not to use it -said it would not help! So it is still in the box. Maybe I will try and see. I had deep tissue massage which really helped the bend and so did the hydrotherapy.
I use it when I exercise and it works. I also use it for pain and elevate my leg and it also works for a while and when your in alot of pain every little bit helps. I took my to my therapist to show me how to use it especially the settings and she help me. I love it cause my meds don't work very well with me and I use 2 × 10-325 Percocet and 10 mg Valium and no help.
i have a tens machine it just needs a battery so il get some do you put the pads on one paticular area or is it random???
You place the pads around the area that has pain and you criss cross the conection
O - Red probe O - grey probe
Channel 1 Channel 2
Pain.
O - red probe O - gray probe
Channel 2. Channel 1
At a week after my MUA my knee was exceptionally painful and I was getting less bend every day because of it. My quad muscle was extremely sore. If you go the way I did, that will soon improve. By 2 weeks I was feeling much better and the bend improved. Mine was all muscle pain, and I got help with massage and with myofascial release therapy.