http://www.hipkneebook.com/pain-pain-management/is-it-okay-to-cross-your-legs-at-the-knees-or-ankles-after-knee-replacement-surgery/ Treating Arthritis of the Hip and Knee Mon, 17 May 2010 11:53:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.hipkneebook.com/pain-pain-management/is-it-okay-to-cross-your-legs-at-the-knees-or-ankles-after-knee-replacement-surgery/comment-page-1/#comment-32 quijibored Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:02:44 +0000 http://www.hipkneebook.com/pain-pain-management/is-it-okay-to-cross-your-legs-at-the-knees-or-ankles-after-knee-replacement-surgery/#comment-32 She should be able to easily cross her legs at the ankles. If you are talking about laying your ankle on top of your other knee then unless your mother is thin and very flexible this is probably not a good idea. Doing so could place a great deal of stress from the weight of her leg against the end of the appliance of her KR and possibly slowly loosen her knee appliance over time. She might could do it briefly but this is probably not a good idea of making this a regular habit. Her orthopedist or his nurse could tell you for sure. She should be able to easily cross her legs at the ankles. If you are talking about laying your ankle on top of your other knee then unless your mother is thin and very flexible this is probably not a good idea. Doing so could place a great deal of stress from the weight of her leg against the end of the appliance of her KR and possibly slowly loosen her knee appliance over time. She might could do it briefly but this is probably not a good idea of making this a regular habit. Her orthopedist or his nurse could tell you for sure.

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