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I did use an ice machine. And I even bought another one for my bedroom so I wouldn't have to keep carrying it from my den to my bedroom. I iced all the time for the first few months. This got my pain pill requirements down.
Many of us never took PT or did exercises. I am one of them. I had 11 knee surgeries, 2 of them kneecap removals and 1 tkr. Even after those I never took PT. But, I didn't just sit around and do nothing. I took care of myself, my house and yard. This was enough therapy and would be for any tkr patient. All the awful pain of PT is so unnecessary. All you have to do is use your knee in your daily living! Your knee knows how to rehab itself and doesn't need anyone telling it how. Just use it and it will come back like new!
Many of us never took PT or did exercises. I am one of them. I had 11 knee surgeries, 2 of them kneecap removals and 1 tkr. Even after those I never took PT. But, I didn't just sit around and do nothing. I took care of myself, my house and yard. This was enough therapy and would be for any tkr patient. All the awful pain of PT is so unnecessary. All you have to do is use your knee in your daily living! Your knee knows how to rehab itself and doesn't need anyone telling it how. Just use it and it will come back like new!
