After a complete knee replacement surgery my knee is bend by 15 degree what could be the cause ? Please help?
Is it because of the Surgeon’s fault or Physio therapy. Do you know of any cases when the surgery failed and had to be repeated to correct the bend knee ?
Asker, the problem is with neither but in the fact that your body just doesn’t want to respond the way that you want it to. When you were on the operation table the orthopedist checked the range of motion of the joint to make sure that it would move completely in the range of motion that he wanted. After the procedure you were hopefully placed in a constant motion machine that kept the knee moving. Scar tissue happens rather quickly and if it is not kept moving it will form haphazardly. If that happens then the joint will not move completely as the scar tissue will act as a tether and restrict movement. For the therapist’s part he or she has to move the knee into extension and flexion as rapidly as possible. Unlike the orthopedist that had the opportunity to do so under anesthesia they have to move the knee with you feeling the pain. So the inhibitory factor was your pain levels and no therapist wants to impart the kind of pain that you would have to undergo in order to get the knee into the range of motion that is needed. I am sure that they tried to get that motion but it is very difficult to get there. It might be necessary for the orthopedist to do what is known as a manipulation under anesthesia. This will mean that you are going to have to undergo more therapy and unfortunately it is going to be painful. The scar tissue is going to have to be stretched and more muscle is going to have to be formed to make the knee more functional. Talk to your therapist about how hard they can push the knee. You are going to have to absorb some strong levels of pain whether the knee is manipulated under anesthesia or not to get the full functional capacity out of it.
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