Guest guest Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 I had TKR on July 24th. I also start having lower back pain when PT started. It sure makes PT harder to do when your back hurts.Shirley Ohio"berube, c" <chartnett@...> wrote: Hi everyone, I had a TKR on Aug 1st. I was recovering quite well until a week ago when I started experiencing low back pain. I believe it is the result of PT but I am wondering how long it is going to last. Has anyone experienced low back pain after a TKR? Thanks, Carol in Maine USA All-new - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Oh damn! Now I'm going to have to do those exercises my PT gave me for my lower back. Like I don't already have enough to do to get ready for my surgery. Thanks. Ann Re: Newbie TKR I had TKR on July 24th. I also start having lower back pain when PT started. It sure makes PT harder to do when your back hurts.Shirley Ohio"berube, c" <chartnettadelphia (DOT) net> wrote: Hi everyone,I had a TKR on Aug 1st. I was recovering quite well until a week ago when I started experiencing low back pain. I believe it is the result of PT but I am wondering how long it is going to last. Has anyone experienced low back pain after a TKR?Thanks,Carol in Maine USA All-new - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 Thanks for your reply Shirley. I have fibromyalgia and I was afraid that the surgery caused a flare-up. Do you still have a backache? Carol in Maine SHIRLEY Shaw wrote: > I had TKR on July 24th. I also start having lower back pain when PT > started. It sure makes PT harder to do when your back hurts. > Shirley Ohio > > */ " berube, c " <chartnett@...>/* wrote: > > Hi everyone, > I had a TKR on Aug 1st. I was recovering quite well until a week ago > when I started experiencing low back pain. I believe it is the > result of > PT but I am wondering how long it is going to last. Has anyone > experienced low back pain after a TKR? > Thanks, > Carol in Maine USA > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All-new > <http://us.rd./evt=43256/*http://advision.webevents./mailbeta>\ - > Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 Hello Ann, I told my PT to add pelvic tilts to the list of pre-op exercises. Good luck with your surgery. Carol in Maine Ann wrote: > *Oh damn! Now I'm going to have to do those exercises my PT gave me > for my lower back. Like I don't already have enough to do to get > ready for my surgery. Thanks.* > ** > *Ann* > ** > > * Re: Newbie TKR > > I had TKR on July 24th. I also start having lower back pain when > PT started. It sure makes PT harder to do when your back hurts. > Shirley Ohio > > */ " berube, c " <chartnett@... > <mailto:chartnett@...>>/* wrote: > > Hi everyone, > I had a TKR on Aug 1st. I was recovering quite well until a > week ago > when I started experiencing low back pain. I believe it is the > result of > PT but I am wondering how long it is going to last. Has anyone > experienced low back pain after a TKR? > Thanks, > Carol in Maine USA > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All-new > <http://us.rd./evt=43256/*http://advision.webevents./mailbeta>\ - > Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 Hi Carol, Welcome to the Group! I never experienced lower back pain from the TKR rehab, although it did get a little sore simply because I was spending too much time laying down. The muscles in the body are so interconnected, that it's important to stretch them all out as often as possible...Yoga is good for this. I did, however, have a huge pain in my butt...I learned that there is a large muscle that goes from the knee to the hip, and while doing my PT, I ended up stretching that muscle more than I had for the last 25 years.... For what it's worth, I blew out my knee in 1980(when I was 25) and even though I'd been bone-on-bone ever since, I still led a very active life, until finally, last October, there were so many chips floating around in my knee that I rolled over in bed one night & ended up in the emergency room...I had my TKR in February!!! I am now 6 months out & still discovering muscles that I hadn't thought about in years...I even bought a bicycle(Lucy),,,And while I can ride a stationary bike for hours, 15 minutes on Lucy caused the muscles on the top of my thighs to wake up and say " Huh? You haven't used us in 25 years! " ...They weren't at all happy at being woken up. But little by little, my body parts are finally coming to terms with the fact that they are all gonna be a little more active. If I had known in advance, I would have done more varied stretching excercises Pre-Op....Oh well, live & learn. Bob > > Hi everyone, > I had a TKR on Aug 1st. I was recovering quite well until a week ago > when I started experiencing low back pain. I believe it is the result of > PT but I am wondering how long it is going to last. Has anyone > experienced low back pain after a TKR? > Thanks, > Carol in Maine USA > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 Yeap! Sorry Ann...Either do them now, or prepare yourself for " We told you so's " ! Bob > > Hi everyone, > I had a TKR on Aug 1st. I was recovering quite well until a week ago > when I started experiencing low back pain. I believe it is the result of > PT but I am wondering how long it is going to last. Has anyone > experienced low back pain after a TKR? > Thanks, > Carol in Maine USA > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- > All-new - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 Carol, Yeap, that's the spot! You don't have 'lower back pain'...You have a pain in the butt, and also, I'm guessing, a pain in the outside of the operated on knee,,,these are the spots where that big muscle attaches to....The pain, actually, all the pains, will move around a bit & eventually 'localize' & then will ease off more & more... Of course, others may have a pain in their backs, but I never had that, & so I'll leave it to others. Bob > > Hi Bob, > Thanks for your reply. I think you hit the nail on the head - > deconditioned muscles. > When I woke up this morning my back felt better. The pain is not as > widespread and seems to be localized to that spot in the back of my hip. > Carol > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 Ann, Specifically, & I mean VERY SPECIFICALLY!....Everyone I've met who had a TKR agrees that the most painful rehab exercise is the 'straightening excersise'...You lay, face down, on a table/bed/sofa/whatever, with your leg dangling off & then they put weights on your ankle to try to get the leg straight...The ROM excercises are one thing...But the 'straightening excercises' hurt! So what I would suggest... & I still do these now... 1. Stand, with your feet together, as if you were going to bend down and touch your toes...But don't touch your toes...Simply bend forward, arms straight, place your hands on/or slightly above your knees, and then lean down into it allowing your upper body/arms & hands to gently force your knees backwards until you feel it in the back of your calves & thighs...Once you 'feel' it,,, & believe me, you'll feel it...hold that position for at least 30 seconds...Then straighten up, breath, & repeat until boredom sets in... 2. Oops, got no time for a #2 now(giggle)...Gotta run,,,drop off the dog, pick up my grown children & drive 12 hours to spend the holiday weekend with our family in Detroit. Happy health & holiday to all. Bob > > Bob -- specifically what exercises would you have done before the surgery? > > Ann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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