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Suggest Medicine To Relieve Muscle Spasms In The Leg After Total Knee Replacement

What is best to relieve muscle spasms in knee/leg after a knee injury/total replacement. Had a knee replacement and then fell and busted knee open. Had stitches placed. Having painful muscle spasms. Is heat better than cold. Where to find your answer!
posted on Wed, 27 May 2015
Twitter Tue, 9 Jun 2015 Answered on
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Dear- you can use cold compress to relieve the acute inflammation . After few days of surgery, alternate heat with cold, 15 minutes each,3 times a day. You can use muscle relaxant like Soma if you have muscle spasm.
I hope my recommendations will help you and thanks for using our service.
Dr.Sara
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Suggest Medicine To Relieve Muscle Spasms In The Leg After Total Knee Replacement

Dear- you can use cold compress to relieve the acute inflammation . After few days of surgery, alternate heat with cold, 15 minutes each,3 times a day. You can use muscle relaxant like Soma if you have muscle spasm. I hope my recommendations will help you and thanks for using our service. Dr.Sara