Re: knee bend reflex needed rather than feet or ankle bend --for balance practice

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My PT says I simply have to work to convince my brain that I no longer have

that old bone on bone painful and balance challenged untrustworthy knee

anymore. " Lots of luck " with my hard head and stubbrn brain i told her.

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> > How do I begin to ask or explain this? Hmm.

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> > After a TKR (now around 6 week point) is it common or uncommon for someone

to have initial problems where their brain tends too much to spontaneously

resort to using their foot arches and ankles at tlimes that they instead

should be spontaneously using a knee bend or knee crouch response to right or

maintain their upright balance during little induced balance challenging

exercises?

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> > i see some things icalled " in the shoe AFO's " in the special device

section of my shoe store and wonder if I might be an upcoming candidate for

them if I don't pull out of this tendency. I am sure my PT is more confident

than I am that I will overcome this early obstacle but what if she cannot?

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> > Has anyone else had this problem or know of any others who have had to

overcome this seemingly pre TKR years wrongly learned and engrained reflex.

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