It's weird, my knees and joints were fine when I was at my max weight before surgery. Now I'm having lots of pain in one or both knees.

My friend who is a physical therapist thinks that rapid weight loss means muscle mass loss which can lead to other parts carrying the displaced weight - in other words , I lost my butt and the glut muscles that were working to carry my weight before the loss- now my knees are.

Any one else ever heard this theory?

I am just hoping PT friend is right and knees aren't injured.

I have been going to physical therapy for three months to help with the joint aches and pains that I have started having since I lost a bunch of weight so fast. I go to a center with a hot pool, and the work is really helping me. I've always had arthritis, but never had pain until I lost weight. I don't know the answers to all this, but I do know the therapy is helping and I am getting better.

My surgeon said the reason is that our posture changes as we lose weight, making us stand more upright. So our muscles have to work in a different way to accommodate the better posture.

@@Kichi

My orthopedic surgeon told me the same thing. I had hoped all this weight loss would take pressure off my spine and relieve pain in some of my joints. My ankles and knees are definately better but because I am more active and my posture has changed the joints in my spine are definately impacted.

Add me to the list of post-weight loss gals with knee arthritis. A contestant reminder what being overweight can do to your body in the long haul. My poor little knees had to support all that extra weight for so long! ???? Dreams to be a runner some day crushed!

Thanks all!

I start bootcamp workout next week - 1 hour of circuit training to really amp up the exercise and weight loss. Worried about this one knee as well as the intensity of the workout for me being 10 weeks post op -

Do we think the weight training will help build the muscle to support the knees???