New Zealand
Thank you, @Suz , for that detailed description of your recovery therapy on your terms. That will be so helpful for other people.
It is so useful to know, from your experience, that there is no need to rush or do lots of exercise to get ROM.
The ROM is always there, but it needs the right conditions, so that it can reveal itself. Time, gentle treatment, and a reduction in swelling will allow it to appear.
Like all the surgeons in his group, my surgeon does not allow any PT at all in the first month after surgery, apart from being shown how to get into and out of bed, walk with walker, crutches or sticks, and negotiate stairs safely. After that first month, he recommends one PT session every two weeks. That's all. His patients all do well and he hasn't had to do a manipulation to help with ROM for the last 3 years.
i did no formal PT at all after my last TKR and it has recovered well, with excellent ROM and good strength and reliability.
It is so useful to know, from your experience, that there is no need to rush or do lots of exercise to get ROM.
The ROM is always there, but it needs the right conditions, so that it can reveal itself. Time, gentle treatment, and a reduction in swelling will allow it to appear.
Like all the surgeons in his group, my surgeon does not allow any PT at all in the first month after surgery, apart from being shown how to get into and out of bed, walk with walker, crutches or sticks, and negotiate stairs safely. After that first month, he recommends one PT session every two weeks. That's all. His patients all do well and he hasn't had to do a manipulation to help with ROM for the last 3 years.
i did no formal PT at all after my last TKR and it has recovered well, with excellent ROM and good strength and reliability.
Awesome news Suz! Slow and steady and you'll be on that hobby horse soon enough.
