Knee-Joint-Replacement Recovery Time ---?

[Dinger2]

Although I'am very grateful for my total knee-replacement-joint (24/12/2014) Four months down the line and I'm confident that most of the after-op swelling and pain has mostly disappeared and I'm off the crutches on the advice of the Physiotherapist and just using one stick,I'm happy things are progressing well,BUT,when I'm walking (sometimes) I feel/hear a strange kind of "clicking"/click-click-click/ "Spanish-castanets"-type of sound, Most important of all is the former pain from the bone against bone(worn out cartillage) has gone,so I'm very happy about that,BUT,the sound bothers me,I suppose,this is a price worth paying and I'll have to learn to live with this in the safe knowledge that my knee is now metal/plastic (Bionic!) I'm grateful for any opinion/advice.

[treetops68]

Umm, 24/12/2014?

[Dinger2]

So Sorry, My Op date was 24/12/2013 (Author)

[Sqad]

Yes, it is almost certainly normal.........so get used to it.
It will probably go in time.
You are now pain free.........enjoy it.

[fbg40]

Hi Dinger, welcome to the repknee club !
Had mine done back in 2005 and ever since that time it has "clicked". Saw my GP who was a specialist in Orthopaedics and he said quite normal, nothing to worry about.Hope this helps.
FBG40

[Dinger2]

Thanks fbg40,very helpful, it feels better already,I imagine its supertough plastic and titanium/molybdenum like my consultants registrar alluded to and will eventually ''bed-in'' anyway I feel as though it is getting better by the day and grateful to our wonderful NHS.Thanks to everyone involved.

[Dr-Rohit-Luthra]

Dr. Rohit Luthra is a consultant orthopedics, joint replacement and arthroscopy surgeon. He has special interest in Artroplasty, arthroscopy and sports medicine. He has been trained in prestigious hospitals in Europe and India.