Chronic Left Knee Pain 2 Years Post-Op

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Posted on May 28, 2023, 3:07 pm

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Hi LL veterans,

It has been 2 years since surgery day. Daily stretching has allowed me to recover most of my flexibility and gait. My legs are still skinner than pre-op, but that is expected given the leg has been stretched to lengthen.
However, for the past 6 months, I have been experiencing chronic knee pain. It is not accute, but worsens significantly after bending (stairs/squat).
This started happening after I began squatting my body weight around 8 months ago. After 2 months of squatting, the pain set in.
I have always had some popping when I fully bent my left knee after the surgery and ITB release. However, I have never had any knee problems pre-surgery.

Is it due to the lengthening surgery, ITB release, leg ratio, bad squatting or something else?

Would appreciate any advice on how to recover. Regular physiotherapies didn't seem to help.

Thank you all!

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Posted on May 28, 2023, 3:25 pm

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Quote from: SirStretchAlot on May 28, 2023, 03:07:52 PMHi LL veterans,

It has been 2 years since surgery day. Daily stretching has allowed me to recover most of my flexibility and gait. My legs are still skinner than pre-op, but that is expected given the leg has been stretched to lengthen.
However, for the past 6 months, I have been experiencing chronic knee pain. It is not accute, but worsens significantly after bending (stairs/squat).
This started happening after I began squatting my body weight around 8 months ago. After 2 months of squatting, the pain set in.
I have always had some popping when I fully bent my left knee after the surgery and ITB release. However, I have never had any knee problems pre-surgery.

Is it due to the lengthening surgery, ITB release, leg ratio, bad squatting or something else?

Would appreciate any advice on how to recover. Regular physiotherapies didn't seem to help.

Thank you all!

This might be because of the changed femur to tibia ratio. Just guessing though, there's no way to tell tbh. What did your doc say about this?

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TheDream

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Posted on May 28, 2023, 4:04 pm

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Do you still have nails and rods inside?

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lessthanavg8300

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Posted on May 28, 2023, 4:56 pm

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Quote from: SirStretchAlot on May 28, 2023, 03:07:52 PMHi LL veterans,

It has been 2 years since surgery day. Daily stretching has allowed me to recover most of my flexibility and gait. My legs are still skinner than pre-op, but that is expected given the leg has been stretched to lengthen.
However, for the past 6 months, I have been experiencing chronic knee pain. It is not accute, but worsens significantly after bending (stairs/squat).
This started happening after I began squatting my body weight around 8 months ago. After 2 months of squatting, the pain set in.
I have always had some popping when I fully bent my left knee after the surgery and ITB release. However, I have never had any knee problems pre-surgery.

Is it due to the lengthening surgery, ITB release, leg ratio, bad squatting or something else?

Would appreciate any advice on how to recover. Regular physiotherapies didn't seem to help.

Thank you all!

LL might have stretched tendons in the knee.

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Posted on May 28, 2023, 8:00 pm

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Lifting extremely heavy weights is very hard on your joints. Nobody should do it, especially not orthpedic surgery patients.

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Njsiulee

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Posted on May 28, 2023, 10:20 pm

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Can u describe your pain? Mine is like vrry sore after standing for so long. When i sit down then it will have like 10 seconds of soreness in my left knee too. I have done quadilateral lengthening. You?

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SirStretchAlot

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Posted on May 29, 2023, 1:35 am

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@overandover
Doc hasn't replied yet. Don't know if they will. I might just get sports therapists.

@TheDream
Yes. I plan to get them out later in the year

@lessthanvg8300
I think it could be a tear somewhere. The tracking in my left knees has degraded resulting in more popping. Stretching it is supposed to help I believe.

@Medium Drink Of Water
Hi again. I've really only squated body weight. However, with my knees like this, I may have to give up squatting forever.

@Njsiulee
There is usually no pain for me during standing, but I can sometimes feel uncomfortable when my feet land on the floor. When sitting still, I have the same soreness, but for 10 minutes instead of seconds.
I did 10cm femur-only on both legs. The only relief I get is when sitting, and my tibia is mostly off the floor. There's absolutely no weight-bearing and muscle flexion in this angle.

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Posted on May 29, 2023, 3:15 am

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Oh I thought you were lifting weights that weighed the same as you.

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Posted on May 29, 2023, 6:48 am

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Stop squating and generally heavy exercises for legs. 2 years after LL aren't that much either and your body still adapts to the new lengths, although it will never fully adapt. So don't push it even more by doing heavy exercises, knees are not to mess around with.

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Posted on May 29, 2023, 12:07 pm

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I think I read some guy on here saying his knee pain went away after having nails and rods taken out. It could be that.

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