Walking Down Stairs Normally After a Total Knee Replacement

[@davidmcc8727]

Just to add something positive I had a knee revision 12 weeks ago ie replacing a worn out knee replacement with a new one. I only had mild pain for 1 week (true) and could walk up and down stairs within 1 month. Many knee replacements work out great get the surgery done it’s worth it

[@kistaa1]

Thank you for the video...I was having a difficult time going down stairs (death grip on the rail.) It was all mental. My Therapist took me to the stairwell and we sat down and talked about my mental block. He said ok we have been doing lunges, squats both single leg and both legs and and single step ups and downs and I've aced them. This was all prep for stairs. So he had me try going down resting my fingertips on the rail. Surprise...I could go both up and down with no problems...did it a few more times that way and then not touching the rail...it truly was a mental block. Your video is very similar to what we worked on.

[@LottaFur56]

Much appreciated!

[@davideschman486]

Thank you so much for what you do. In March 2023 I had my left knee replaced and your videos were so helpful to me. I stumbled upon them by mistake and once I found them I watched several every day. Thanks in part to your videos, my recovery was a success and my leg healed wonderfully. Four days ago I had the right knee replaced also and I am beginning to rewatch the videos. I appreciate so much the manner in which you explain things. In short, everything makes sense when I watch your videos. So, again, thanks so much for your videos. They are a godsend for those of us going through this process.

[@torriesmom1]

Thank you for the videos, having TKR November 7th. These videos are very helpful as I start on this new chapter in my life with new knees! To be able to walk again normally is a dream! Thanks!

[@totaltherapysolutions]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the comment.

[@patriciabochko367]

Hi, my surgery date is also on November 7, and am looking forward to being able to walk without pain. But I’m not going to lie, I’m still getting anxious over the whole thing. Praying for your surgery and recovery- we can do this!!

[@DyamondJAZZ]

Thank you so much for this and all of the information you provide, everything has helped me throughout my continued recovery.🙏🏾 I am 2 months TKR, and am doing wonderful. The stairs are my only struggle. I will speak with my PT and have this incorporated into my procedures. I was just discussing this with my niece last night, who also had knee surgery, and I have shared this with her as well. Please keep providing this very informative information to our community. Blessings to you.

[@johnhickey1326]

Great video thanks 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@LK-wq3su]

Thanks for the video! I'm still working on stairs like a "big kid" 7 months post op. :-)

[@MarthaJamsa]

Very interesting. You’re so great at explaining the why’s so that we can be better at the how’s. Thanks for being a real help in my recovery.

[@totaltherapysolutions]

Thanks so much for the kind words and support.

[@TR-tz8zx]

Your videos are so incredibly helpful, Tony! Thank you for putting out such an amazing content for us to learn from!!

[@sharmilasaha7265]

Thank you Very helpful knowledge

[@hersheybhatt2857]

Wow I think you are the best of best to explain everything after total knee replacement surgery. I follow you and I have learned so many things from you and above video is one among things I have learned . If people follow you, I am sure, they will recover very fast. After doctors does his job of doing a good surgery on you, one should follow you and one will be on to road to recovery. After doctor, you are the best. I followed you and with help of rehab physio therapist, I was walking and came home in car with my wife driving in 15days!!!

[@janeskneereplacementjourney]

Thank you for your awesome videos, they are so helpful. Stairs are definitely challenging as I have less than a 100 degree bend because I have arthrofibrosis so my knee is full of scar tissue.

[@bannette123]

Ya… my pt experience was such crap. We didn’t do anything functional.

[@TR-tz8zx]

Same here. Such a shame since we can see from these videos that there are so many great functional exercises we can do to get us where we want to be. Thank goodness for Tony!

[@ronrosendale9512]

I had bilateral total knee replacement the left leg would go up and downstairs ok A bit like nonsurgical leg I suppose. The right one not so good after three months. I reckon just treat her right leg as nonsurgical and press on. hope that works. thanks for the good advice.

[@ronrosendale9512]

left

[@johnlockyer8402]

great advice, thank you ... I have va question, I am 68yo Australian male, I have had TKR on both knees in the last 12 month's, right leg first, then left ... Does this change how I should implement your advice ? ( not great on downstairs now, after rehab done.) Thanks in advance. John.

[@kentishbunyip6081]

Hi, I'm 8 weeks post left TKR and am finding your videos extremely useful, so many thanks. Need the other one doing but left TKR has been so awful (UK NHS after-care is somewhat sketchy) that I'm re-considering having the right knee done. So, stairs are very challenging. I've been coming down backwards for the last couple of years anyway (not out in public haha). Is this detrimental to the muscles on the operated leg?

[@jomc20]

It is so painful to step down and find your operated knee does not want to bend as far as needed, that I am very cautious. I find stepping at a sideways angle helps and I cautiously adjust that angle slightly , step by step as long as It is not painful.

[@RichAnthony77]

I’m a little over 2 months post op on my TKR. I had to have a MUA procedure about a month into my recovery. I am presently walking on my own, albeit with the TKR leg not bending as fluently as it should (still an ongoing work in progress). I cannot go up stairs (very slow & methodical), but downstairs was not happening (not quite yet anyway). I just learned to angle myself and I can go downstairs (again, slow & methodical), looking to constantly improve that to going downstairs normally in the future. Is it not a good idea, Tony, for me to be learning this way & then working up to a proper stepping down?