Hi there,

Glad to hear that your surgery went well and you are on the mend.  During surgery your knee was moved around in ways it really did n't like and now with your new hardware it has to adjust to being different.  Some muscles and ligaments have to stretch and some to tighten as they re-balance to your new normal.  I found that the process takes several months-my second PKR was in February, was doing great, then in June I went through the random muscle tightening again for a couple of weeks before it settled down again.  A friend of mine who is an athletic trainer and massage therapist spent a couple of hours on loosening things up and I was fine after that.  You might want to try a massage-with your doctor's permission- or ask your physical therapist to work on loosening up things that are tight.  I have also found that a heat pack followed by massaging my own muscles helps.

Good luck and good healing.

Linda

Glad to hear the epsom salts are helping.  You can do just a foot soak for about 30 minutes too if you want and you will find it helps the knee.  You absorb the magnesium through the skin and it is important for relaxing muscles throughout the body.

Good luck and good healing!

Linda