Knee Feels Heavy and Tight After Replacement?

Knee feels Heavy and tight after a total or partial knee replacement? If you ask 100 people that have had total knee replacement surgery (knee arthroplasty) about 70% will say that they’re aware of their knee. Whether it’s stiffness, pain or swelling, patients say their knee is noticeable on the average day. Majority of patients after knee surgery will perceive some difference from their “natural knee” to their prosthetic knee.

However, if you ask patients if they are in significantly less pain or if they’d recommend a total knee replacement to others, they’ll almost certainly say “yes”. Patients should see gains made to the feeling of their prosthetic knee up to 12-18 months after surgery. In this time patients will notice their artificial knee prosthesis less and less. In saying this, most patients will have times of the day or week when they will notice their knee replacement. Heaviness and tightness, although not anything a patient looks forward to, is a part of recovery from joint replacement surgery. Keeping up with PreHab and ReHab exercises is a way to help regain movement and to help your knee feel more “normal”.

Play this video to hear what Dr. Wayne Trevor North, orthopedic surgeon at Henry Ford in Detroit, Michigan has to say about on this subject (https://www.healthgrades.com/physician/dr-wayne-north-3lm5j).

DISCLAIMER: The information contained herein should NOT be used as a substitute for the advice of an appropriately qualified and licensed physician or other health care provider. The information provided here is for informational purposes only.”

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Knee Feels Heavy and Tight

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