If knees hurt from the weight. Will the pain go away after weight loss

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It will depend upon what damage if any you may have to your knees. But certainly reducing the amount of weight you’re carrying will take pressure off them. The balls of my feet used to ache & burn & occasionally my feet would cramp even in flat shoes but now I can dance for hours in heels pain free.

What Arabesque said...I’ve had knee replacement surgery before WLS on one knee. Unfortunately, both knees are still trashed That being said, I have severe arthritis in the knees and 13 surgeries on them over the years for various injuries. So...short version..it depends.

20 hours ago, shawncotton said:

If knees hurt from the weight. Will the pain go away after weight loss

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Knee pain causing mobility issues is one of the major reasons I started researching WLS and getting serious about it's possibility. I'm still pre-op, but I can only imagine how much easier it will be carrying less weight. I'm sure if you have other medical issues that weight loss won't be the ultimate cure, but the way I look at it is this: does my knee hurt even more when I'm carrying heavy groceries? Yes. So, if I weighed less, my leg may hurt less.

Best of luck!

I have moderately severe arthritis in both my knees and was in pain all day, every day before surgery. I’m down 50lbs in 11 weeks and it has made a huge difference in my knee pain and arthritis. I noticed today that I I was able to squat down to pick something up off the floor, which would normally be completely out of the question prior. I can’t imagine how much better I’ll feel once I get to closer to my goal weight! So yes, it makes a difference!

Pre-surgery I was having knee pain in one leg, ankle pain in the other. Shin pain in both. After surgery - the pain was gone. It was only in the last 10 lbs that I gained that I started having leg issues. So, dropping that so quick was the contributing factor.

My mom is overweight and needs double knee replacement- I did not want to get to this point in my life. So I made the change. (I have tried to convince her that her weight is contributing to her issues, but she won’t make a change to her eating)

Mine have started hurting less and I have only lost 40 pounds. I did, however start surgery process right when knees started hurting so I don’t think I did any permanent damage.

My personal experience: the knee, feet, ankle, mid and upper back pains all went away by month 2 post-op (50 lbs lighter at that point)

However, these were temporarily replaced with lower back and hip pain, which i believe were due to my body/musculature/bones adjusting from having to carry the extra weight to not having to anymore so quickly….then, if I remember correctly, probably 2-3 months after they showed up, these pains went away as well.

Now all I have is neck and right shoulder pain…but thats probably due to playing with my phone too much in bed, lol

Edited June 25, 20215 yr by ms.sss