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Bilateral total knee replacement
My mom went for total knee replacement on 29 june 2017 both the knee. She is 64 kgs 64 years old She is in physiotherapy at home and she gets some stiffness and swelling in one knee after cycling exercise.She walks with difficulty after that ...she still cannot use stairs or walk normaly. Is this stiffness normal?how soon will she recover fully?
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Stiffness is not normal she is not dojng proper physiotherapy she will have stiffness.. Sweeling will be there on and off while doing physiotherapy it takes 3 to 6 months for full recovery
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