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    Favorite exercise in the pool

    I would love to try this but I read it several times and I still don't get it! Some of these exercises are much easier to demonstrate in the pool!
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    Articles above the posts

    Josephine...I am trying to find this scientific paper in the library, Athletic Participation after Hip and Knee Anthroplasty. Am I looking in the wrong place?
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    TKR Need better ROM, please advise.

    Glad to hear you are making progress...Have you gone in the pool yet?
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    Bilateral TKR Journey Continuing June 4th, 2012

    Sounds sensible Janet...save the hot tub for later. You wouldn't want to have all your fun at once!
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    Bilateral TKR Journey Continuing June 4th, 2012

    Hi hope this helps. I remember reading in the book, Total Knee Replacement and Rehabilitation , that there is a section about hot tubs. The authors give many examples and pictures of exercises in the hot tub. They also discuss the issue of hot and cold therapy. It depends on what stage you are...
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    TKR Need better ROM, please advise.

    Hi Al....I see that you are about 8 weeks out from surgery. The requirement for going in the pool is that the incision needs to be completely healed. It is usually ok around 6 wks. but you need to check with your doctor. If he says yes, now is the perfect time to start water exercises. There are...
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    TKR Cflower's recovery

    Hi.. You need to be seen in the doctor's office. If it is a long distance to drive maybe you can go to your local doctor. It would be better to go and find out it is nothing than to not go and then find out it is something!
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    TKR Need better ROM, please advise.

    Hi Al...I noticed you are from Phoenix, pool country! Ask you doctor if you can get in the water. There are many exercises that can be done in the pool. Keep it slow and easy.Focus on your knee and how it feels as you exercise. Good luck
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    Multiple threads

    I understand why it is necessary to have one thread for each recovery. However, members often come up with a general question and they start another thread. These questions are very good and they generate a lot of interest. Could we please keep these threads up for a little longer in order to...
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    TKR Patella Tendonitis after TKR - Have you had this?

    Josephine...I understand that healing can take up to one year. The question asked was,"How long did it take you to be pain free?" In giving my personal story I mentioned that I was walking unassisted at 8 days and 12 days when I got off pain meds., there was no pain, just some stiffness and...
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    Anyone else having trouble with the "glue"

    Sorry you are having such a hard time with the incision. One of the problems is having to drive 8 hr.for each apt. Is it possible for the surgeon to recommend a doctor who is in your area to treat this and to make sure there is no infection? You definitely need more support with this than you...
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    How do you get up from the ground?

    There is no graceful way to do this! My husband usually acts like a tow truck and up I go!...only 1 TKR
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    TKR International travel after 5 months?

    Trying to correct a typing mistake! Help please..how did I do that?
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    TKR International travel after 5 months?

    The advice to check with your doctor is the best thing to do. If he says yes then you might try what I do when I fly (also 5 mo. out). I make a regular schedule of exercises ,stretching and walking. Every hour I get up and walk to the restroom..it helps if you have an aisle seat. When seated, I...
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    TKR Patella Tendonitis after TKR - Have you had this?

    Jenkneefur...I agree..It certainly was not what I expected. I was just taking it day by day. I was using the walker for the first week. The next day, my neighbor came by and asked if by any chance I had a Susan B. Anthony dollar as her daughter had just lost a tooth and she thought it would be...
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