“How long does pain last after knee surgery?”

Hello. This depends on surgery and findings as well as general health. A knee arthroscopy with simple partial meniscectomy and mild arthritis is generally 6 weeks or longer back to normal activity. If you are overweight, previous injury, generally tight or weak expect longer. In the other extreme of ligament reconstruction, replacement or bone procedure these may take up to a year. You need to discuss procedure and expected time frame with your Orthopedic surgeon. Good luck.

That is an excellent question to discuss with your surgeon.

Depends on what kind of knee surgery you have. Arthroscopic surgery - the pain is minimal ; no more than 2-3 days if you follow your post-op instructions. Fracture repair knee surgery is a lot more painful, but usually after the surgery, the pain is different, especially if you start early motion, and of course start PT right away. Total knee replacement surgery - the pain is often much less than living each day with an arthritic knee joint, again the pain lessens in plateaus; first 48 hrs - pain is controlled with regular intervals of meds; next plateau comes after 2 weeks, then after 6 weeks, pain goes down quite a bit; eventually no pain.