pain

A couple of days after second surgery the hospital physio's arrived, I was still in a lot of pain and was surprised that that they pushed so fast to get me up and about. I was fitted with a hinged brace, metal bars with lockable hinge joint at the knee which was set at 10 - 90 degrees, its velcroed to cushioned pads that strap around the shin and thigh, very neat but don't strap them up too tight or can cause excessive cramps and foot pain.

After going through the procedure of knee replacement surgery it can be devastating to find that the pain in the knee has persisted. This paper discusses the possible reasons why this might occur.

There are a number of problems which which are the commoner causes of persistent pain after a knee replacement -

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