I have had a TKR 4 weeks ago and everything seems to be going ok according to the physio. Consultant app on the 13 January so can't wait to see what he says about my progress. Is anyone out there using cream or bio oil on the scar? My physio used some arnica oil to massage the leg to help move the fluid up to the groin where the lymph nodes are to help the swelling. My wife is now having a go with the massage, hopefully the swelling will start to disperse in time.
we are all different on the healing front, so keep your chin up everyone.
We'll done Jeff great stuff. I was told to use moisturiser of some kind on around my wound as the skin was dry. Have t tried arinica is it any good?
Hi! I've been using Bio oil and E45 cream on my scar since the clips were removed, also my physio told me to start to re train the cut nerves in the area by rubbing them with different textures eg a hairbrush, velvet etc etc Apparently if you don't do this the nerves will be ultra sensitive and your knee will always feel sore! Bit odd but I'm doing it!
I have been using arnica gel and bio oil. Now I am massaging quite vigorously following a video on the net without using oil. I put the oil on áfter and give it a soft massages. It has been looser today. I am 4.5 weeks post op. My appt is on 14 jan. Bend not great though😒
Hi Susan where did you find the video of the massage please?
I used E45 and that worked well. I also used my own version of lymph drainage in hospital but the nursing staff hadn't a clue what I was trying to do You are lucky to have such a forward thinking physio. I'm back to private for that.
Did you lose any feeling on your knee. I hVe no feeling on the left hand side if my knee
I lost the feeling on my right side, Right tkr, it is just starting to come back after 3 months plus.
You tube Google massage after TKR massage by heather
Using lotions etc are not so good for massage, so will get some arnica or similar. Will let you know how good it is.
Interesting about the nerve stuff, I do feel that it is very sensitive around the area, even at night I can bear the quilt on the leg sometimes.
I emailed a masseur that does deep tissue massage on scars but she wouldn't do anything until I had go ahead from consultant
I am four and a half weeks too, what bend are you at Susan .
Two weeks ag 69. My leg is straight though which it has never been.
hi jeff ... yes, bio oil and a load of other stuff as soon as the scabs dropped off. frankly,for all the effort i have put in i would have hoped for a nicer scar. it is still a dark, purply red and sensitive in certain spots. i was just at my medical massage lady today and she does lymphatic massages for me (brilliant for, as you say, swelling) and did a deep tissue massage an my scar which, even she says, is hard. keep up the lymphatic massage. has done wonders for me!
Yes! I had my TKR on my left leg and I can't feel much at all on the outer knee and leg but I've been told that feeling will return-eventually......
I still have some swelling and still numb on the right side of the knee, but I never had any bruising at all, not even a tiny one! I have used savlon and E45 on the scar, but it still felt a bit tight, so I have just started using baby oil, and that seems to be relaxing the scar quite well. When I am in the shower, I take the shower head out of the stand and use the water jet on my knee for about five minutes and rub the area with one of those rough netting shower washers. It seems to be working quite well, and the swelling is going down a little.
hi glenda ... the nerves around our knees run from the inside of our leg, OVER the knee to the outer side of our knee. of course i didn't now this either but my surgeon explained. so as you can imagine, the scar has severed them which is why we cannot feel them on the outside of our knee. i don't want to burst your bubble, but my surgeon did warn me that it will improve but that there is no guarantee that the full feeling will come back. so fingers crossed ...
Thanks Britta and Happy New Year! When I was 23 I had an operation on my other knee and the feeling has never fully returned, but improved ad initially I remember accidentally kneeling on a drawing pin and not evening feeling it!
Major OUCH, glenda!! you poor thing! then your whole knee must have been numb. mine is no where as bad as that at the moment.