Transcending Aging Independently
link to Stairs After Total Hip Replacement: A Physical Therapy Guide
As an orthopedic physical therapist seeing home-bound total hip replacement patients immediately after hospital discharge, I see many patients with two-story homes who elect to reside on the first...
link to Best Exercises To PREPARE For Total Knee Surgery: (The CORRECT Ones!)
The research article Prehabilitation Before Total Knee Arthroplasty Increases Strength and Function in Older Adults With Severe Osteoarthritis confirms my professional opinion as a physical therapist...
link to Precautions After Total Knee Surgery: (Immediate and life-long)
When I first started seeing total knee replacement patients as a physical therapist many years ago, the total knee recipient would have been in the hospital for up to 2 weeks and placed in a knee...
link to TENS After Total Knee Surgery: (A PT’s Settings & Pad Placement)
As a physical therapist, having used TENS units to help with all kinds of patient’s pains on almost every body part, I was introduced to how powerful a TENS unit can be about 40 years ago, early in...
link to Showering After a Total Knee Replacement: An OT’s Recommendations
One of the first questions my homebound total knee patients ask me (an occupational therapist) when I see them a day or two after they have been discharged to home following total knee replacement...
link to A PT’s Total Knee Pain Expectations: (Day 1 through Day 30)
A question I often hear from my patients before undergoing a total knee replacement:
Is Total Knee Replacement Painful?
Total knee replacement is a painful procedure; however, following normal...