Mother is recovering from total knee replacement. Now, she is complaining about pain on the healthy knee. She is having more pain on the healthy knee. That concerns me. I have scheduled a doctor's appt. to get a Cortisone shot. Is this normal? I am unsure what will happen to mom.
She is not ready for a second surgery. I don't even think she wants another surgery.
It really worries me.
One has to consider the age and general health of the joint before surgery and expect to suffer some pain despite rehab and a normal surgery.
Surgeries can go wrong but usually the pain is caused by an unconscious tendency to put more weight on the good side of the body and therefore avoid anticipated pain from the side that has been operated on.
Pain is natures way of protecting injured areas of our body. Masking the pain is often the wrong solution.