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...
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Total Knee Replacement Manipulation: (When & Why To Consider)
In the past 10 years of seeing patients in their homes and starting their home physical therapy recovery process, I can say that I have seen fewer than 5 patients that require manipulation under...
I have been an orthopedic physical therapist for more than 40 years. For the past few years, I have been seeing total joint replacement patients in their homes, initiating a home physical therapy...
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...
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...