KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERIES

[Bretsky]

These really suck; no great way to prepare for this. I had mine 1/20 and now i'm most likely off work four to six weeks to torture myself...aka...recover

Anybody whose had it's done feel free to drop some advice.

Brett

[Radagast]

These really suck; no great way to prepare for this. I had mine 1/20 and now i'm most likely off work four to six weeks to torture myself...aka...recover

Anybody whose had it's done feel free to drop some advice.

Brett

Sorry to hear that you've had to endure the medical issues, but glad to hear that your not reporting any complications.

Get Well Soon.

[Zool]

Do your range of motion exercises. Do them extra even. It's huge to recovery. Do everything the doctors say. I had mine done, and got lazy. Took way longer to recover than it should have.

[mraynrand]

One knee equals two feet

[red]

Yeah, don’t skip the physical therapy, like zool said. It’s probably the most important thing at this point

Pay attention to your body, I had an uncle whose body rejected the new knee

[hoosier]

Replacement surgery is not for the meek or weak. You should only have that procedure if you really kneed it.

[Deputy Nutz]

We have had a lot of athletes do their prehab strength training for their hamstrings and quads. It has sped up recovery by months.
I know you have had surgery since you posted this thread, for now the rehab is really important. Did you have a total knee replacement?

[Bretsky]

We have had a lot of athletes do their prehab strength training for their hamstrings and quads. It has sped up recovery by months.
I know you have had surgery since you posted this thread, for now the rehab is really important. Did you have a total knee replacement?

Yup, and I need to have the other one done eventually as well. Just gotta keep bending it; rehab a and PT going well overall

[oldbutnotdeadyet]

Yup, and I need to have the other one done eventually as well. Just gotta keep bending it; rehab a and PT going well overall

Weird, I had mine done and I was walking the next day, and hauling drywall up and down 3 flights of stairs with a 3 days. Best medical thing I ever had done.

[Deputy Nutz]

Yup, and I need to have the other one done eventually as well. Just gotta keep bending it; rehab a and PT going well overall

Total knee replacement it different cat entirely. Putting metal and plastic where there should be bone is always a bit tricky. You should have bucked up and had both of them done at once.

[Zool]

Total knee replacement it different cat entirely. Putting metal and plastic where there should be bone is always a bit tricky. You should have bucked up and had both of them done at once.

Lots of doctors won't do that. Make rehab a lot tougher.

[mraynrand]

Weird, I had mine done and I was walking the next day, and hauling drywall up and down 3 flights of stairs within 3 days.

damn. not all heroes wear capes.

[Bretsky]

Lots of doctors won't do that. Make rehab a lot tougher.

Hardly any doctors will do that unless you find the right one and push like hell for it. Rehab way tougher and statistically the percent recovering fully is not nearly as high

[Rastak]

Hardly any doctors will do that unless you find the right one and push like hell for it. Rehab way tougher and statistically the percent recovering fully is not nearly as high

My mother had both done. Had to spend three weeks in a rehab center which scared her to death. Felt like she was being shipped off to a nursing home to die. But she did manage and did indeed escape in the end.

[Bretsky]

FOUR weeks ago today right now I was in surgery

Knee is feeling pretty good; ton of progress over the past week. Doctor and Therapist suggest taking two more weeks off as it will progress fast; unsure I want to.

Anybody have experiences returning to work after knee replacement....good or bad from the start ??