Guest guest Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 I get a 120 degree bend out of my uninjured knee, which seems fine to me; I get the same out of the artificial knee. But my OS manages to get 130 degrees out of that very same knee, by pushing on it. (It doesn¹t hurt.) All I wanted was for the new knee to work as well as the natural one did before it deteriorated, and the uninjured knee seems a good benchmark. I can grab my foot and bring my heel straight up to my butt; that¹s good enough for me. If they want to write some other number down, so be it. F on 8/5/10 6:59 AM, dash at dash4@... wrote: > > > > > > When they measure YOU in physical therapy, do they measure the bend pushed as > tight as they can push it, or as tight as YOU can push it yourself? > > My therapist pushes it hard and then counts THAT as my bending flex. It is > NOT what I can do on a daily all the time basis, only when she pushes it. > What do others do? How do they measure you? > > I am just curious. I find this weird. dash > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 Well I would be delighted if I had what you do. I am at about 100 and hurting when it goes that far, and she has to push to get it there and I had surgery on Oct 14th 09. So I am pretty panicked to get this bent! dash Re: QUESTION TKR I get a 120 degree bend out of my uninjured knee, which seems fine to me; I get the same out of the artificial knee. But my OS manages to get 130 degrees out of that very same knee, by pushing on it. (It doesn¹t hurt.) All I wanted was for the new knee to work as well as the natural one did before it deteriorated, and the uninjured knee seems a good benchmark. I can grab my foot and bring my heel straight up to my butt; that¹s good enough for me. If they want to write some other number down, so be it. F on 8/5/10 6:59 AM, dash at dash4@... wrote: > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 Dash, Has someone checked your knee for scar tissue that may be hindering your bend? That's a long time out to still be struggling like that. Jeff ________________________________ From: dash <dash4@...> Joint Replacement Sent: Thu, August 5, 2010 11:32:06 AM Subject: Re: QUESTION TKR Well I would be delighted if I had what you do. I am at about 100 and hurting when it goes that far, and she has to push to get it there and I had surgery on Oct 14th 09. So I am pretty panicked to get this bent! dash Re: QUESTION TKR I get a 120 degree bend out of my uninjured knee, which seems fine to me; I get the same out of the artificial knee. But my OS manages to get 130 degrees out of that very same knee, by pushing on it. (It doesn¹t hurt.) All I wanted was for the new knee to work as well as the natural one did before it deteriorated, and the uninjured knee seems a good benchmark. I can grab my foot and bring my heel straight up to my butt; that¹s good enough for me. If they want to write some other number down, so be it. F on 8/5/10 6:59 AM, dash at dash4@... wrote: > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 My measurement (by OS and PT) was always what I could do - there was no pushing at all. ---- Original message ---- Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 08:59:08 -0500 From: " dash " <dash4@...> Subject: QUESTION TKR <Joint Replacement > >When they measure YOU in physical therapy, do they measure the bend pushed as tight as they can push it, or as tight as YOU can push it yourself? > >My therapist pushes it hard and then counts THAT as my bending flex. It is NOT what I can do on a daily all the time basis, only when she pushes it. What do others do? How do they measure you? > >I am just curious. I find this weird. dash > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 Mine pushes and then we get my 9 year old grandson to hold my foot in place til she measures, believe me I am holloring.  Rosemary   I will never leave nor forsake thee. Hebrews 13:5-6  ________________________________ From: " sbentley@... " <sbentley@...> Joint Replacement Sent: Thu, August 5, 2010 12:49:05 PM Subject: Re: QUESTION TKR  My measurement (by OS and PT) was always what I could do - there was no pushing at all. ---- Original message ---- Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 08:59:08 -0500 From: " dash " <dash4@...> Subject: QUESTION TKR <Joint Replacement > >When they measure YOU in physical therapy, do they measure the bend pushed as tight as they can push it, or as tight as YOU can push it yourself? > >My therapist pushes it hard and then counts THAT as my bending flex. It is NOT what I can do on a daily all the time basis, only when she pushes it. What do others do? How do they measure you? > >I am just curious. I find this weird. dash > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 Rosemary, That's not really an accurate measurement. Should be what you can do on your own. Jeff ________________________________ From: Rosemary Evon <revon1950@...> Joint Replacement Sent: Thu, August 5, 2010 1:02:27 PM Subject: Re: QUESTION TKR Mine pushes and then we get my 9 year old grandson to hold my foot in place til she measures, believe me I am holloring. Rosemary I will never leave nor forsake thee. Hebrews 13:5-6 ________________________________ From: " sbentley@... " <sbentley@...> Joint Replacement Sent: Thu, August 5, 2010 12:49:05 PM Subject: Re: QUESTION TKR My measurement (by OS and PT) was always what I could do - there was no pushing at all. ---- Original message ---- Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 08:59:08 -0500 From: " dash " <dash4@...> Subject: QUESTION TKR <Joint Replacement > >When they measure YOU in physical therapy, do they measure the bend pushed as tight as they can push it, or as tight as YOU can push it yourself? > >My therapist pushes it hard and then counts THAT as my bending flex. It is NOT what I can do on a daily all the time basis, only when she pushes it. What do others do? How do they measure you? > >I am just curious. I find this weird. dash > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 Dash, how¹s your level of activity? I mean, I¹m 65 years old, so the number of occasions when it¹s appropriate (not to mention attractive...) for me to put my heel up to my butt is pretty limited. Does the 100 degree limitation have much effect on whether you can walk, bicycle, and so forth? F on 8/5/10 8:32 AM, dash at dash4@... wrote: > > > > > > Well I would be delighted if I had what you do. I am at about 100 and > hurting when it goes that far, and she has to push to get it there and I had > surgery on Oct 14th 09. So I am pretty panicked to get this bent! dash > Re: QUESTION TKR > > I get a 120 degree bend out of my uninjured knee, which seems fine to me; I > get the same out of the artificial knee. But my OS manages to get 130 > degrees out of that very same knee, by pushing on it. (It doesn¹t hurt.) > > All I wanted was for the new knee to work as well as the natural one did > before it deteriorated, and the uninjured knee seems a good benchmark. I > can grab my foot and bring my heel straight up to my butt; that¹s good > enough for me. If they want to write some other number down, so be it. > > F > > on 8/5/10 6:59 AM, dash at dash4@... <mailto:dash4%40charter.net> > wrote: > >> > >> > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 That is probably true. I got to 107 on my on.  Rosemary   I will never leave nor forsake thee. Hebrews 13:5-6  ________________________________ From: Scharff <zinsdad@...> Joint Replacement Sent: Thu, August 5, 2010 1:12:35 PM Subject: Re: QUESTION TKR  Rosemary, That's not really an accurate measurement. Should be what you can do on your own. Jeff ________________________________ From: Rosemary Evon <revon1950@...> Joint Replacement Sent: Thu, August 5, 2010 1:02:27 PM Subject: Re: QUESTION TKR Mine pushes and then we get my 9 year old grandson to hold my foot in place til she measures, believe me I am holloring.  Rosemary   I will never leave nor forsake thee. Hebrews 13:5-6  ________________________________ From: " sbentley@... " <sbentley@...> Joint Replacement Sent: Thu, August 5, 2010 12:49:05 PM Subject: Re: QUESTION TKR  My measurement (by OS and PT) was always what I could do - there was no pushing at all. ---- Original message ---- Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 08:59:08 -0500 From: " dash " <dash4@...> Subject: QUESTION TKR <Joint Replacement > >When they measure YOU in physical therapy, do they measure the bend pushed as tight as they can push it, or as tight as YOU can push it yourself? > >My therapist pushes it hard and then counts THAT as my bending flex. It is NOT what I can do on a daily all the time basis, only when she pushes it. What do others do? How do they measure you? > >I am just curious. I find this weird. dash > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 The heel to butt thing is a regular stretching movement to stretch your quads. I do it before I get on the tennis courts. Have for eons. I could not do it before my TKR. Now I am almost there. All the best, Joan ________________________________ From: Foley <sefoley@...> Joint Replacement Sent: Thu, August 5, 2010 6:55:07 PM Subject: Re: QUESTION TKR Dash, how¹s your level of activity? I mean, I¹m 65 years old, so the number of occasions when it¹s appropriate (not to mention attractive...) for me to put my heel up to my butt is pretty limited. Does the 100 degree limitation have much effect on whether you can walk, bicycle, and so forth? F on 8/5/10 8:32 AM, dash at dash4@... wrote: > > > > > > Well I would be delighted if I had what you do. I am at about 100 and > hurting when it goes that far, and she has to push to get it there and I had > surgery on Oct 14th 09. So I am pretty panicked to get this bent! dash > Re: QUESTION TKR > > I get a 120 degree bend out of my uninjured knee, which seems fine to me; I > get the same out of the artificial knee. But my OS manages to get 130 > degrees out of that very same knee, by pushing on it. (It doesn¹t hurt.) > > All I wanted was for the new knee to work as well as the natural one did > before it deteriorated, and the uninjured knee seems a good benchmark. I > can grab my foot and bring my heel straight up to my butt; that¹s good > enough for me. If they want to write some other number down, so be it. > > F > > on 8/5/10 6:59 AM, dash at dash4@... <mailto:dash4%40charter.net> > wrote: > >> > >> > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 By the way , I just had my 65th birthday. Joan ________________________________ From: Foley <sefoley@...> Joint Replacement Sent: Thu, August 5, 2010 6:55:07 PM Subject: Re: QUESTION TKR Dash, how¹s your level of activity? I mean, I¹m 65 years old, so the number of occasions when it¹s appropriate (not to mention attractive...) for me to put my heel up to my butt is pretty limited. Does the 100 degree limitation have much effect on whether you can walk, bicycle, and so forth? F on 8/5/10 8:32 AM, dash at dash4@... wrote: > > > > > > Well I would be delighted if I had what you do. I am at about 100 and > hurting when it goes that far, and she has to push to get it there and I had > surgery on Oct 14th 09. So I am pretty panicked to get this bent! dash > Re: QUESTION TKR > > I get a 120 degree bend out of my uninjured knee, which seems fine to me; I > get the same out of the artificial knee. But my OS manages to get 130 > degrees out of that very same knee, by pushing on it. (It doesn¹t hurt.) > > All I wanted was for the new knee to work as well as the natural one did > before it deteriorated, and the uninjured knee seems a good benchmark. I > can grab my foot and bring my heel straight up to my butt; that¹s good > enough for me. If they want to write some other number down, so be it. > > F > > on 8/5/10 6:59 AM, dash at dash4@... <mailto:dash4%40charter.net> > wrote: > >> > >> > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 Happy Birthday, Joan!! RTKR, 9/16/09 Coon, St. Helena, CA ---- Original message ---- Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 15:33:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Joan Kell <kell_joan@...> Subject: Re: QUESTION TKR Joint Replacement >By the way , I just had my 65th birthday. Joan > > > > > >________________________________ >From: Foley <sefoley@...> >Joint Replacement >Sent: Thu, August 5, 2010 6:55:07 PM >Subject: Re: QUESTION TKR > > >Dash, how¹s your level of activity? I mean, I¹m 65 years old, so the number >of occasions when it¹s appropriate (not to mention attractive...) for me to >put my heel up to my butt is pretty limited. Does the 100 degree limitation >have much effect on whether you can walk, bicycle, and so forth? > > F > >on 8/5/10 8:32 AM, dash at dash4@... wrote: > >> >> >> >> >> >> Well I would be delighted if I had what you do. I am at about 100 and >> hurting when it goes that far, and she has to push to get it there and I had >> surgery on Oct 14th 09. So I am pretty panicked to get this bent! dash >> Re: QUESTION TKR >> >> I get a 120 degree bend out of my uninjured knee, which seems fine to me; I >> get the same out of the artificial knee. But my OS manages to get 130 >> degrees out of that very same knee, by pushing on it. (It doesn¹t hurt.) >> >> All I wanted was for the new knee to work as well as the natural one did >> before it deteriorated, and the uninjured knee seems a good benchmark. I >> can grab my foot and bring my heel straight up to my butt; that¹s good >> enough for me. If they want to write some other number down, so be it. >> >> F >> >> on 8/5/10 6:59 AM, dash at dash4@... <mailto:dash4%40charter.net> >> wrote: >> >>> > >>> > >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> >> >> >> > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 6, 2010 Report Share Posted August 6, 2010 Thanks! I was wondering, do we celebrate our new joints on there appropriate day? ________________________________ From: " sbentley@... " <sbentley@...> Joint Replacement Sent: Fri, August 6, 2010 12:20:52 AM Subject: Re: QUESTION TKR Happy Birthday, Joan!! RTKR, 9/16/09 Coon, St. Helena, CA ---- Original message ---- Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 15:33:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Joan Kell <kell_joan@...> Subject: Re: QUESTION TKR Joint Replacement >By the way , I just had my 65th birthday. Joan > > > > > >________________________________ >From: Foley <sefoley@...> >Joint Replacement >Sent: Thu, August 5, 2010 6:55:07 PM >Subject: Re: QUESTION TKR > > >Dash, how¹s your level of activity? I mean, I¹m 65 years old, so the number >of occasions when it¹s appropriate (not to mention attractive...) for me to >put my heel up to my butt is pretty limited. Does the 100 degree limitation >have much effect on whether you can walk, bicycle, and so forth? > > F > >on 8/5/10 8:32 AM, dash at dash4@... wrote: > >> >> >> >> >> >> Well I would be delighted if I had what you do. I am at about 100 and >> hurting when it goes that far, and she has to push to get it there and I had >> surgery on Oct 14th 09. So I am pretty panicked to get this bent! dash >> Re: QUESTION TKR >> >> I get a 120 degree bend out of my uninjured knee, which seems fine to me; I >> get the same out of the artificial knee. But my OS manages to get 130 >> degrees out of that very same knee, by pushing on it. (It doesn¹t hurt.) >> >> All I wanted was for the new knee to work as well as the natural one did >> before it deteriorated, and the uninjured knee seems a good benchmark. I >> can grab my foot and bring my heel straight up to my butt; that¹s good >> enough for me. If they want to write some other number down, so be it. >> >> F >> >> on 8/5/10 6:59 AM, dash at dash4@... <mailto:dash4%40charter.net> >> wrote: >> >>> > >>> > >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> >> >> >> > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 6, 2010 Report Share Posted August 6, 2010 crikey I would have a party one day a month nearly !!!! x -- Re: QUESTION TKR > > >Dash, how¹s your level of activity? I mean, I¹m 65 years old, so the number >of occasions when it¹s appropriate (not to mention attractive...) for me to >put my heel up to my butt is pretty limited. Does the 100 degree limitation >have much effect on whether you can walk, bicycle, and so forth? > > F > >on 8/5/10 8:32 AM, dash at dash4@... wrote: > >> >> >> >> >> >> Well I would be delighted if I had what you do. I am at about 100 and >> hurting when it goes that far, and she has to push to get it there and I had >> surgery on Oct 14th 09. So I am pretty panicked to get this bent! dash >> Re: QUESTION TKR >> >> I get a 120 degree bend out of my uninjured knee, which seems fine to me; I >> get the same out of the artificial knee. But my OS manages to get 130 >> degrees out of that very same knee, by pushing on it. (It doesn¹t hurt.) >> >> All I wanted was for the new knee to work as well as the natural one did >> before it deteriorated, and the uninjured knee seems a good benchmark. I >> can grab my foot and bring my heel straight up to my butt; that¹s good >> enough for me. If they want to write some other number down, so be it. >> >> F >> >> on 8/5/10 6:59 AM, dash at dash4@... <mailto:dash4%40charter.net> >> wrote: >> >>> > >>> > >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> >> >> >> > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 6, 2010 Report Share Posted August 6, 2010 Well, why not! ________________________________ From: Waspe <mary.waspe@...> Joint Replacement Sent: Fri, August 6, 2010 10:31:24 AM Subject: Re: QUESTION TKR crikey I would have a party one day a month nearly !!!! x -- Re: QUESTION TKR > > >Dash, how¹s your level of activity? I mean, I¹m 65 years old, so the number >of occasions when it¹s appropriate (not to mention attractive...) for me to >put my heel up to my butt is pretty limited. Does the 100 degree limitation >have much effect on whether you can walk, bicycle, and so forth? > > F > >on 8/5/10 8:32 AM, dash at dash4@... wrote: > >> >> >> >> >> >> Well I would be delighted if I had what you do. I am at about 100 and >> hurting when it goes that far, and she has to push to get it there and I had >> surgery on Oct 14th 09. So I am pretty panicked to get this bent! dash >> Re: QUESTION TKR >> >> I get a 120 degree bend out of my uninjured knee, which seems fine to me; I >> get the same out of the artificial knee. But my OS manages to get 130 >> degrees out of that very same knee, by pushing on it. (It doesn¹t hurt.) >> >> All I wanted was for the new knee to work as well as the natural one did >> before it deteriorated, and the uninjured knee seems a good benchmark. I >> can grab my foot and bring my heel straight up to my butt; that¹s good >> enough for me. If they want to write some other number down, so be it. >> >> F >> >> on 8/5/10 6:59 AM, dash at dash4@... <mailto:dash4%40charter.net> >> wrote: >> >>> > >>> > >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> >> >> >> > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 6, 2010 Report Share Posted August 6, 2010 OOOH! Great idea! An extra day for prezzies!!! LOL! RTKR - 9/16/09 OS: Coon, St. Helena, CA Re: QUESTION TKR >> >> I get a 120 degree bend out of my uninjured knee, which seems fine to me; I >> get the same out of the artificial knee. But my OS manages to get 130 >> degrees out of that very same knee, by pushing on it. (It doesn¹t hurt.) >> >> All I wanted was for the new knee to work as well as the natural one did >> before it deteriorated, and the uninjured knee seems a good benchmark. I >> can grab my foot and bring my heel straight up to my butt; that¹s good >> enough for me. If they want to write some other number down, so be it. >> >> F >> >> on 8/5/10 6:59 AM, dash at dash4@... <mailto:dash4%40charter.net> >> wrote: >> >>> > >>> > >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> >> >> >> > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 7, 2010 Report Share Posted August 7, 2010 Hi, I am pretty active, walk a mile a day, do steps and drive all over and do all my housework etc. I can not put my heal to my butt..........that is the problem. I am 67 almost 68. I can walk ok, but I can't bike at all..... dash Re: QUESTION TKR > > I get a 120 degree bend out of my uninjured knee, which seems fine to me; I > get the same out of the artificial knee. But my OS manages to get 130 > degrees out of that very same knee, by pushing on it. (It doesn¹t hurt.) > > All I wanted was for the new knee to work as well as the natural one did > before it deteriorated, and the uninjured knee seems a good benchmark. I > can grab my foot and bring my heel straight up to my butt; that¹s good > enough for me. If they want to write some other number down, so be it. > > F > > on 8/5/10 6:59 AM, dash at dash4@... <mailto:dash4%40charter.net> > wrote: > >> > >> > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 7, 2010 Report Share Posted August 7, 2010 Now THAT makes sense to me.... and this therapist is pushing for all she is worth and having the other therapist measure. This is not right. I think I will tell my doctor. dash QUESTION TKR <Joint Replacement > >When they measure YOU in physical therapy, do they measure the bend pushed as tight as they can push it, or as tight as YOU can push it yourself? > >My therapist pushes it hard and then counts THAT as my bending flex. It is NOT what I can do on a daily all the time basis, only when she pushes it. What do others do? How do they measure you? > >I am just curious. I find this weird. dash > >[ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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