I am 8 months out from TKR. I was a triathlete before all this. I kept telling them that my groin area hurt from the minute I came out of surgery. They told me it was probably siatic nerve issues. Finally got an x-ray last month and it shows that my pelvis has been severely twisted. In other words, this is not a gentle surgery and they are not gentle when they perform it. Suppose to go back to 12 hour shifts on June 15, on cement floors. I can't hardly get out of bed in the morning not because of the knee, but the hip..my leg is so much smaller and weaker than the other. I have no idea what to do. I did try a chiropractor for the first time, he wanted me to buy a back brace and other stuff, too commercialized. Ended that. Anyone else have their pelvis twisted while having a TKR?
Oh Roberta that's not good, i haven't had any problems like that. I'ts 9 months since i had my tkr & the problem iv got is stairs. My doc says i pull a muscle and will just take time.
Phew, Roberta, that's shocking. I've not heard of it but can only hope you can find an answer to this! I can't see how you can work with it! I do wish you good luck!
Hi Roberta
Surely the hospital where you had the TKR have got to take responsibility for this and should be helping you to get back to normal are you in the UK
I would take it up with your GP and tell tjem in no uncertain terms that you need ghis put right
in the meantime try and do a little exercise
on the TKR leg you must try and build a little muscle back .
keep us informed hopefully uou will get some results good luck .
Five weeks post-op, I developed sciatica. X-ray showed my hips out of alignment and twisted a bit...also my SI joints were completely locked pinching the sciatic nerve. Chiro 2-3x/week...solved in less than a month. Not unusual to have these issues as we change our gait unconsciously to avoid the knee pain pre- and post-TKR. I'd start with that...least invasive.
As for strengthening your leg(s) and core again...
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/post-tkr-exercising-565527
My daughter is the proverbial (and literal) "Pro From Dover"...
PS: At 8 months, I developed spinal stenosis at L2/L3 (think sciatica down BOTH legs)...completely halted my recovery. Just had an LLIF fusion 6 weeks ago; hoping to get neuro clearance to get back to strengthening my atrophied legs and core. Guess whose plan I'm following...
Your right its not gental surgery, before my knee op i told the doctor i broke my pelvis in 3 places a number of years ago, he kept asking me if my pelvis was ok......i wondered at the time why he was so interested in my pelvis when it was my knee he was doing, but sfter surgery it became aparant why, as i felt as though i had run a marathon with my pelvis, its all ok now but it us hard going on your body specially if your not that young anymore and have had a few bumps along the way