In which a fifty'some year old woman gets a total knee replacement and shares the experience. I am hoping to make this a helpful blog for anyone out there who is having or thinking of having a knee replacement.
Thursday, April 16, 2015
New Knee Tidbits: Break-in Requirements
Had a chat with my surgeon today about what I should and shouldn't do to try to rehabilitate my knee. He was quite clear. "You cannot push hard enough to hurt it."
In other words go ahead and try to straighten it and bend it, walk on it and work it!
I believe there is an implied agreement not to fall down the stairs and such like.....
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