RTKR, I need ROM advice

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Hi to everyone/anyone

I'm a 64 yr old male and I'm six weeks out from a RTKR. My wife hooked me up

with this

website so I could get feed back from other people who are recovering from TKR

surgery.

(also I think, to keep out of her hair.) Anyway about my surgery, I got

walking ROM back

in about a week and was pretty much walking around the house pain free in 3

weeks. I

retired the cane that has been a part of me for at least the last 5 years, 4

weeks after

surgery. For those things I am grateful.

Anyway I could use some advice, I'm having the devil's own time getting my right

knee to

bend backwards to a full 90 degrees. As I said, I can walk OK but when I bend

the knee

beyond a normal walking position it hurts enough to make me stop an say OH DARN

or

somthing to that effect.

I was taught and am using a large assortment of exercises to regain strength and

ROM.

The exercise I was taught and that I am doing to increase the backward ROM is

just

standing and lifting the right foot back & up toward the buttocks. For the last

2 weeks my

attempts to increase the backward ROM are stuck at the same point " a little less

than 90

degrees. " Attempts to increase ROM cause swelling & pain in the knee joint to

the point I

lose a few degrees ROM and have to discontinue the exercise until the pain &

swelling

subside. When I am able to resume exercises I find my ROM right back to " a

little less the

90 degrees. "

So, do I just stick with the existing program or back off and do less for a

longer peroid of

time or just power on? (Sorry, don't say power on. I already tried that.. OUCH)

So am I

expecting too much too soon or does anyone out there in cyberspace know

something

else that I should be doing?

Short of taking up skydiving or bullriding I am open to sugestions.

Dave

Salem, OR