I started PT this week. Two visits. The first visit went ok but the second visit, which was actually easier, has my knee hurting a little worse than before I started. Next visit is in 2 days. I was wondering if this is normal and if so, when should I start feeling some relief?
Thanks.
Hi Victoria Is this after knee replacement? In the early days the more PT you do the harder it gets trying to break down the scar tissue. It is a race against time. So yes the pain is normal but will eventually ease with time.
Hope this helps and good luck.
Hang in there Victoria. You are just beginning your journey. If you had a Tkr you've got some time to put in there then at home. As far as relief everyone is different. I'm 10 mos out and still doing it at home. Some days are better than there's. Go check out Chico Marx. Search then click on his pic. He has some great info good luck!!
No surgery. Dr thought Petellofemoral syndrome, PT evaluator thinks tendon or meniscus problem.
No after surgery. Dr thinks petellofemoral syndrome, PT evaluator thinks meniscus or tendon issue. Pain now in more areas than when I began. Thanks.
The more you Excercise the better I t will get BUT, you're going to have some increasing discomfort for several weeks.
Just th I k what that knee went through...you nearly had your leg cut off,nerves, softtissues, blood flow were all damaged kid disrupted. Bones were sawed, Chisled, drilled on and the l this put back together with stitches and bailing wire (well maybe not bailing wire, but close). Now all of that needs to be stretched, pulled and are gthened. The Dr s didn't tell you all this and hopefully, didn't promise you some sort of miraculous healing that would ha e you back running marathons in 6 weeks. This is a process that we all go through and we all go through it at different speeds. Just like our fingerpri 3rd are all different so are our recovery times. Just work though the process and eventually you will find the pot of gold you were looking for at the end of the rainbow. Let 6 weeks, 13 weeks, 6 months and go ally a year be your benchmarks. However; the key is....keep on keeping on and do it the right way. No shortcuts a nd no dreaming of the quick cure. I've been through 11 surgeries and 5 complete rehab....none were quick and easy and nine were the same. I we t through my last one at age 78 and I still work at it every single day. But again, my situation is different. I have a rare tumor that ate up my knee and is still in there grow and doing its dirty work. Hang in there, you'll be doi g your therapy one day and suddenly realize there is very little pain and strengthness that you had forgotten about.
Took 10 weeks of grueling, medieval PT at 2X/week plus home exercises to go from -14 / +84 to -1 / +123. At 17 months p/o, I'm 0 / +133. You will feel relief when you feel relief. No one is going to give you a number of weeks...not possible. You work on it until you are done.
Chico...you going to need waders or is the storm going to push up your way with all that anger. Just can't imagine what some of those folks are going through. One report I saw. Said one area could get 30" over the weekend. More than enough to get your feet wet. Might make your prosthesis rusty. We had 6-8 over last weekend and I'm still blowing bubbles
We'll get some minor rain on Thursday. Glad to see that I actually bought beachfront property in Fort Worth...just have to wait a while.
I did not have surgery. I just started PT. Dr said patellofemoral syndrome but PT evaluator thinks tendons or meniscus.