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

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

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?

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?

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.

L