Mop attack Re: Tripped over a mop and fell down this past weekend

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For a time Sfter surgery my balance was a bit off, and if I tottered

it was difficult to regain my balance. Fortunately I didn't fall but

it was an odd feeling -- and looking -- experience. There are so many

micro-muscles and nerves involved in our movements. These bodies are

truly amazing.

And when mops attack it's a little harder to defend ourselves for a

while.

Hope you are doing well, . Let us know what the doc has to say.

Peace,

Jackie

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On Jun 2, 2010, at 7:47 AM, Foley <sefoley@...>

wrote:

> My surgeon told me that there are sensors, nerves, in the natural

> knee that

> tell you where your joint is. He said, put your fingers behind your

> back,

> you can still know the relative position of each of them. However,

> the TKR

> removes these nerves. So, we’re lacking one natural way of knowing w

> here

> the knee is. This can contribute to falls if you’re not extra-carefu

> l.

>

> Fortunately only seldom is any real damage done.

>

> F

>

> on 6/2/10 6:53 AM, Bentley at sbentley@... wrote:

>

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > I have fallen MORE since my TKR than before - but mostly it was

> due to the

> > unlevel ground I was walking on (stepped in a hole on more than

> one occasion).

> > Fortunately, the ground did not cause any problem and I never fell

> directly on

> > the new knee. Recently I did fall on pavement and sprained my

> ankle- fell

> > directly on the new knee - but suffered no problem with the knee.

> The

> > sprained ankle was on the other leg. Apparently the new bone

> growth attaching

> > to the prosthesis is quite secure.

> >

> > RTKR - 9/16/09

> > OS: Coon, St. Helena, CA

> > Re: Tripped over a mop and fell

> down this

> > past weekend

> >

> > That sounds terrifying. My doc said it wasn¹t possible to hurt my

> new knee.

> > But muscles and all....oh those can hurt. So take care. A good

> soak with

> > some Epsom salts might help any muscles that got pulled around.

> That an a

> > lot of tender loving care and sympathy from strangers should help.

> Glad you

> > have appointments set up to check things out though.

> >

> > Hugs,

> > Jackie

> >

> > On 6/1/10 5:59 PM, " " <drcindyinjax@...

> > <mailto:drcindyinjax%40> > wrote:

> >

> >> >

> >> >

> >> >

> >> >

> >> >

> >> > Thanks to everyone who answered my question about side sleeping.

> >> >

> >> > So, right now I am having a minor (I hope) setback. I misjudged

> the

> >> distance

> >> > and tripped over a mop handle - it caught my left foot. I

> actually

> >> managed to

> >> > relax and roll with the fall and my right hand and side took

> the impact.

> I

> >> > must have tried to tighten my left leg muscles to catch myself

> because >>

> they

> >> > are feeling sore and my left knee joint has become more swollen

> than it >>

> was

> >> > previously. I'm not sure if I actually pivoted on my left leg

> or not. It

> >> > happened too fast.

> >> >

> >> > The physical therapist looked at my knee today and seemed to

> think that

> >> there

> >> > wasn't any significant damage. I see my orthopedic surgeon's

> physician

> >> > assistant on Thursday, and I think that they are supposed to

> take x-rays

> at

> >> > that visit anyway. So, probably everything will be fine. I'm just

> >> frustrated

> >> > because my leg hurts and I can't do anything but passive

> stretching and

> >> simple

> >> > exercises like the ones we all did in the hospital until it is

> better.

> >> <sigh>

> >> >

> >> > Just looking for a little sympathy....and warning everyone to

> avoid

> >> tripping

> >> > over mops. ;-)

> >> >

> >> >

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