Knee Replacement Surgery

Pain: 2/10
Swelling: 6/10
Bruising: 6/10
Movement: 5/10

Visited the physiotherapist today, and looking at my notes she tells me that apparently I have had a lateral release of the kneecap as well, which probably explains the pain I’ve been getting from it.

She told me that my knee looked as it should for 11 days post surgery and that she was pleased with my progress. Apparently other people are often ‘precious’ with their knees and try and protect them too much, but I’m being good and working mine. Yay me!

I can do a straight leg lift and can contract my muscles to pull my knee down towards the bed to straighten it, but I am completely unable to lift my foot off the bed once a small rolled towel has been put under my knee. It’s as if my knee has stopped talking to my brain – I’m willing it on but there’s not even a flicker. The physio suggested that to rewire the signals, I should contract my muscles as if I was about to do a straight leg lift, but then imagine I was going to lift it over my right shoulder. That would send the message to the right place.

As the staples are still in she wants to see me again on Friday when they’ve been removed.