Stiff Knee joint after Femur Fracture

[yelufem]

Hi wxy555. It seems your surgeon did not refer you for physio. You see, in most cases, reduction of the fracture of the long bones are accompanied by the stiffness of the associated joints b/c they must be kept immobile to allow smooth fracture healing.
Post immobilization rehabilitation is essential in most cases and your Dr should have prepared your mind for physio.
Nevertheless, u need a physiotherapist at this stage to mobilize your stiff knee. Your hx reveals, u might have developed extention lag of that knee.Yes the exercise i prescribed is appropriate for u but u need a physio to mobilize your knee in order to improve your knee range of motion and to prescribe case specific rehab program for u.
You may remind your Dr to consider referring u for physio.
Your fracture can be healed and still have gross limitation in joint motion.
With adequate rehab you would be out of this soon.yelufem.

[Wyx555!]

Thanks for insight, I certainly gonna request for physio sessions.

You talked of extensor lag... but my case when I cant extend/bend my knee more it hurts and I feel like something in the knee can not move any more. Could it be the knee was not aligned correctly? How can I verify this from x ray film
If I have extensor lag, are excercise enough to clear it or there is some other procedures involved?

BR