Lost track of number of days now in flare but yesterday I woke up to yet another new symptom. The outside of my left leg was extremely tight as well as my thigh. I could feel it at my hip and in my knee. Along with that came significant stiffness in my leg and my knee as well as it felt like it was tightly wrapped with a band. i did not have any of these symptoms or any problems with this joint since replacement.
Due to the nature of the symptom I was thinking IT Band Syndrome.
Today the outside of my leg is not as stiff as yesterday but still pretty stiff as well as my fake knee is still very stiff and that “tight band” I mentioned around my entire knee is a bit more prominent.
Yesterday, when I was thinking it was IT Band Syndrome, I googled if a tight IT Band could cause damage to the fake knee joint. Yes was the answer. But the IT Band usually takes about 8 weeks or more to heal???
ANY THOUGHTS ON THIS???