As a home health physical therapist, I see total knee replacement patients in their homes within two days after the surgery. Upon leaving the hospital, often these patients are at pain levels of...
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Sleep Through Night After Total Knee Surgery: 4 Valuable Tips
This post contains four valuable tips for sleeping through the night following total knee surgery, so you don't wake up in the middle of the night from knee pain. In my capacity as a physical...
As a physical therapist who has seen total knee replacement patients for decades including bedside immediately after surgery, in the patients home after surgery, and finally in my own orthopedic...
Walking After A Total Knee Replacement: (When and How Much?)
As a physical therapist, having progressed hundreds of total knee replacement patients through the first 3 weeks after surgery, walking endurance is one primary focus of the patient’s...
Knee Pain After Total Knee Surgery: A Physical Therapist’s View
This article discusses the pain a total knee replacement patient will have after surgery, the contributing factors, and how to minimize that pain. As a physical therapist, I have seen thousands of...
An almost universal problem my total knee replacement patients have, when I see them in their homes a day or two after surgery, is the incorrect instructions they have received on the use of ice...