Re: Kneeling on new knee

[Guest guest]

This gives me hope!  I'm about 4 months out and PT is telling me that having a

new kneecap might eliminate the possibility of kneeling forever!  The little

metal button that is now my kneecap would probably " bother " me a lot.

 

I'm going to see what it might feel like to kneel, and work on desensitizing as

you recommend, Carolyn.  Plus the other tips!  I sure would like to get out in

the garden.

 

What a great group this is...lots of support and ideas keep moving us forward!

 

Lynn

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From: cusher53 <cusher@...>

Joint Replacement

Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 1:01 PM

Subject: Kneeling on new knee

Just wanted to mention that I am now noticing that at 1.5 years I can kneel

quite well on the replaced knee. It still feels " different " but I would no

longer call it desperately uncomfortable.

When I first started this rehab phase I remember someone writing that they just

kept persisting with the kneeling and that it worked to just keep de-sensitizing

the knee. So I was determined to to do this because being able to kneel makes

lots of activities much easier.

So I started at about 4-5 months with a big thick pillow under my knee. I would

just try a moment at a time, every day, gently putting more and more weight on

it.

I've kept this up over the months. At some point I stopped with the pillow and

just knelt on the carpeted floor in my bedroom - it is quite a cushy carpet. 

Now at 1.5 years I am kneeling quite comfortably on the carpeted floor and can

do exercises in that position.

I am not ready for a hard floor yet amd may never be. But it is really nice to

know that I can kneel on carpet - or by putting a piece of foam under my knee.

My surgeon actually had a great idea. He said it is posible to kneel easily by

getting a thick piece of hard foam and sticking it under the shin, so the knee

itself does not rest on anything - the weight is on the front of the shin. This

works great for things like kneeling to garden or to bathe a child in a bathtub.

Hes aays there are actually shin guards in home hardware stores for workmen to

use in this way.

Anyway, thought I would pass this on because someone made a commment about not

being able to ever kneel. It MIGHT be possible with some desensitizing or using

a foam shinguard.

Carolyn

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[Guest guest]

That weas probably my post months ago, in which I was lamenting that the home-PT

said I would probably never kneel down to work on my 1971 Karmann Ghia. Later,

my doctor said, no, no, just get cushions, pads, and for me and my Karmann Ghia,

for now, locate the knee things tilers use.

Bill

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.......I remember someone writing that they just kept persisting with the

kneeling and that it worked to just keep de-sensitizing the knee.........In

response, someone posted that they kept kneeling until they killed the nerves

behind the knee-skin.....

Carolyn