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I understand Jeano , i do the same thing at the gym , myself. Lol. Ha ha ha ha ha !!! God bless you Jeano
PKR son of textbook perfect recovery; this time I really mean it.
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Josephine
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It's got nothing to do with math, @jeano It's to do with angles and stresses. Of the many knee surgeons with whom I am acquainted, not one of them doesn't advise against using a leg press for at least 6 months post-op as the action+weight risks the fixation of the implants, particularly the tibial component. This is particularly risky with partials which loosen readily enough as it is. I strongly advise you to leave the leg press along totally until the 6 months is up.
Josephine
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@TexasTee you have this wrong. The so-called 'quads snip' is a very old technique and nowadays is only used where extras access is required which is rare. No self-respecting knee surgeon would use this in a standard primary knee replacement. I've spoken to any number of surgeons about it an most go
and shake their heads in disbelief!The site was updated in 2013 but that article has been on there for years! Don't forget that there are heaps of articles like this on the internet which are years old and the authors never update them Unlike BoneSmart - we keep current because we regularly go through them and edit them as and where necessary. The article you quoted is still on our 'to do' list so we will be getting to that very soon.
Also please be careful when you quote articles from other sites as you are coming precious close to violating the copyright rule 3d.
I did my last stint with the leg press gizmo yesterday, which was, hopefully, my last session of PT until I need revisions! Or the hips done. I am most unlikely to encounter a leg press machine anywhere else.
Weekend going great so far, iced, walked dogs about 7/10 mile, iced some more, watched a little bit of the Ryder Cup, had some lunch, walked out again, caught horse, rode around the block (maybe 3miles) showered, icing again. So a total of a mile walked today for me.
The gap in my incision finally started granulating together. Top and bottom of incision already making a tight and pale scar.
Weekend going great so far, iced, walked dogs about 7/10 mile, iced some more, watched a little bit of the Ryder Cup, had some lunch, walked out again, caught horse, rode around the block (maybe 3miles) showered, icing again. So a total of a mile walked today for me.
The gap in my incision finally started granulating together. Top and bottom of incision already making a tight and pale scar.
Glad your gap is less gappy!
I'm happy with them so far, @Celle. I'll be pretty pleased with 10-15 years, since I'm convinced I'm doomed to revisions anyway.
One always hopes one will be around for the Next Big Thing. Wouldn't you hate to be the last person with metal and plastic implants after the rest of the world has gotten beautiful test tube replacement cartilage?
One always hopes one will be around for the Next Big Thing. Wouldn't you hate to be the last person with metal and plastic implants after the rest of the world has gotten beautiful test tube replacement cartilage?
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That will be a wonderful day when they are able to successfully replace our knees with, our test tube knees!
Our test tube knees will love to run and jump, because they can, Yeah!
Someone should tell PTs this. My PT put me on one with light weight for 10 repetitions--but in her defense it was mostly to put me in the same position as the wall slide for ROM. Also maybe since I refused the squats? I can tell you I haven't done it since.
Back in 2000, I was told 10-15 years, so I was happy with the 11 years I got.
The revision wasn't as bad as I had feared. Enjoy what you have now and don't give a thought to the future.
Words to live by!
Tomorrow marks five weeks since surgery. Motivation and energy and ability increasing steadily, if not always predictably. My two best friends in the world are coming to visit in a little over 3 weeks. The last time they saw me I was wearing unloader braces on both legs and could barely hobble.
Tomorrow marks five weeks since surgery. Motivation and energy and ability increasing steadily, if not always predictably. My two best friends in the world are coming to visit in a little over 3 weeks. The last time they saw me I was wearing unloader braces on both legs and could barely hobble.
Six week follow up appointment this morning. X rays looked good, basically the NP said, call if you need anything, you are doing so well it'll probably be a waste of your time to schedule another follow up. So I told him, you'll hear from me when the next body part fails, and that was that.
Still icing and elevating but was unable to elevate and was away from my polar care cube yesterday for a solid 12 hours. Knee and I managed with intermittent cold pacs during the day (200 mile round trip to take my MIL to church and out for lunch for her birthday).
Not noticeably the worse for wear today. After the Dr visit I went to Lowe's for some bedding plants. Parked outside the garden end of things, hiked to main entrance since that's where the bathroom is. Once in, hiked thru store to check stuff out before going to garden center end to make my purchases. Outside gate closed and locked, no one on duty. Plants have to be looked at outside, too, so I hiked back to main store exit, back to garden center, selected plants, loaded cart up, hauled cart back to main entrance, back to inside of garden center, selected more plants there, again hauled cart full o' plants to main checkout and exit, and trekked once more to the far end of the whacking huge lot to where the car was parked. By my calculations I'd logged a significant fraction of a mile in my crocs on solid concrete every step of the way.
I decided once I got home that I didn't need to see if I could walk a mile on sand too, so only did the third of a mile walk to the barn and back to take the dogs and me out for a short horse ride. Now to get some of those flowers set out.
Your mileage may vary, but I swear to all you recent replacements, it Does Get Better!
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Still icing and elevating but was unable to elevate and was away from my polar care cube yesterday for a solid 12 hours. Knee and I managed with intermittent cold pacs during the day (200 mile round trip to take my MIL to church and out for lunch for her birthday).
Not noticeably the worse for wear today. After the Dr visit I went to Lowe's for some bedding plants. Parked outside the garden end of things, hiked to main entrance since that's where the bathroom is. Once in, hiked thru store to check stuff out before going to garden center end to make my purchases. Outside gate closed and locked, no one on duty. Plants have to be looked at outside, too, so I hiked back to main store exit, back to garden center, selected plants, loaded cart up, hauled cart back to main entrance, back to inside of garden center, selected more plants there, again hauled cart full o' plants to main checkout and exit, and trekked once more to the far end of the whacking huge lot to where the car was parked. By my calculations I'd logged a significant fraction of a mile in my crocs on solid concrete every step of the way.
I decided once I got home that I didn't need to see if I could walk a mile on sand too, so only did the third of a mile walk to the barn and back to take the dogs and me out for a short horse ride. Now to get some of those flowers set out.
Your mileage may vary, but I swear to all you recent replacements, it Does Get Better!
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@Jane B. Let's just say that the membership committee is reviewing my nomination. Slept like a log last night. Knee's a little tender but ice and Tylenol are up to the task. I got less than half the flowers set out so I need to finish that today, also i'll need to walk the dogs because I'm planning on riding a horse across the road where they can't follow. What I need is about five acres inside a dog proof fence. Or I could throw sticks into the pond for about half an hour, that usually wears them out.
Mr jeano frowns somewhat on my taking the dogs on rides, since they run riot for the first part of the ride, chasing squirrels and peeing where the coyotes peed, digging bear traps and in general having good, dirty, doggy fun. Mr jeano thinks its better for them to walk at heel most of the time. Obviously Mr jeano does not think like a dog. He thinks they are getting too old (6) for such hijinks...my feeling is better they should wear out than rust out. Need I mention Mr jeano's knees are in much better shape than mine?
Mr jeano frowns somewhat on my taking the dogs on rides, since they run riot for the first part of the ride, chasing squirrels and peeing where the coyotes peed, digging bear traps and in general having good, dirty, doggy fun. Mr jeano thinks its better for them to walk at heel most of the time. Obviously Mr jeano does not think like a dog. He thinks they are getting too old (6) for such hijinks...my feeling is better they should wear out than rust out. Need I mention Mr jeano's knees are in much better shape than mine?
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