Post op Total Knee Replacement Pain

[tykeinexile]

It is now 5 weeks since i had a total knee replacement in my right leg, although i am getting reasonable flexibility about 110 degrees, and have just started walking tentatively without crutches i am still experiencing considerable pain but am grinding my teeth and sticking to my physio, my main concern is about a week ago i developed a click or clunk in the replaced joint at first it was intermittent but it is now every step, it is not a audible click/clunk more of the same feeling you get when you pulled your finger and made your knuckle click when you were a child.It is 2 weeks until my post op appointment with the surgeon should i try to get an earlier appointment to discuss this or am i worrying unnecessarily.  

[tykeinexile]

Hi
thanks for your reply to my question regarding the clunk in my knee joint replacement, it set my mind at ease Thanks once again.

[Chakravarthy Mazumdar, MBBS]

Hi,


Little amount of joint mobility noise does occur after a joint replacement as most of the times its made of metal.  If you have no pain, local rise of temperature or mobility problems, you could wait for your regular appointment.

[sara_eagle]

It's fairly common to hear a clunk in an artificial knee.  It depends on what system your surgeon used but the surgeon I used to work for used a system that placed what looked like a plastic button on the underside of the patella.  This is what caused the clunking/clicking in the knee of his patient's on occasion.  If it worries you enough, you can always call your surgeon's nurse and talk to them about it, and if you need a sooner appt, they can  make arrangements for that for you.  Best of luck!