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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / October 2004exercises BEFORE knee replacement surgery
After total knee replacement surgery, the patient is given excellent rehab exercises. some involve strenghthning the quad muscles. I am planning surgery 1 1/2 months from now. The question, is there anything to be gained by doing these same exercises on the subject knee now BEFORE the surgery? All opinions, replies, dissertations, etc. welcomed! Aaron in soon to be raining, N. Hollywood, CA. Aaron, The stronger the muscles are before surgery the stronger they will be after surgery. If your knees are up to it certainly work to strengthen them. If your knees can't handle it don't push you will still have successful surgery Good Luck Karen > After total knee replacement surgery, the patient is given excellent > rehab exercises. some involve strenghthning the quad muscles. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Aaron in soon to be raining, N. Hollywood, CA. > After total knee replacement surgery, the patient is given excellent > rehab exercises. some involve strenghthning the quad muscles. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Aaron in soon to be raining, N. Hollywood, CA. By keeping my hip strength up before each of my hip replacements I did better than I would have had I just taken it easy around those joints. I didn't push myself to the point of making things worse, but I did maintain a lot more strength and muscle than I would have had going into the surgery if I hadn't focussed on doing whatever my body still could in terms of resistance movements. I can only presume that knees would be the same. Perhaps start doing the post-op rehab movements early? Cheers, Ari  Signaturespammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo I'm going to die rather sooner than I'd like. I tried to protect my neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. To jump to the end of the story, as a result of this I need a bone marrow transplant. Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow transplant, too. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor: http://www.abmdr.org.au/ http://www.marrow.org/ My mom asked her doc for a PT referral several months before surgery. Her knee was so bad, she could barely walk and she knew the muscles were getting weak. Everyone agreed that doing some PT ahead of time definitely helped her recovery. Rain? in So. CA? !? what is the world coming to...... SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare A good exercise I did was to lie on the bed, put a rolled up towel under the soon-to-be-operated knee, press down on the towel, point the toes towards the ceiling and raise the foot. Do that 10 times. Same position - another one is to try and raise the whole leg, but very slowly - verrrrry small movements. Both those exercises helped me afterwards. Janet > After total knee replacement surgery, the patient is given excellent > rehab exercises. some involve strenghthning the quad muscles. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Aaron in soon to be raining, N. Hollywood, CA. Quadsets & side leg lifts worked for me. -g- Kitty Aaron Epstein wrote and asked: > After total knee replacement surgery, the patient is given excellent > rehab exercises. some involve strenghthning the quad muscles. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > All opinions, replies, dissertations, etc. welcomed! The hospital at which I had joint replacement has an excellent pre-op PT program to teach patients exercises. Ask your doctor and the hospital about such a program. dear Firechief: what hospital was this? This is the first I've heard of any institution offering preop exercises. best, Aaron > Aaron Epstein wrote and asked: > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > excellent pre-op PT program to teach patients exercises. > Ask your doctor and the hospital about such a program. Joe wrote: > > The hospital at which I had joint replacement has an > > excellent pre-op PT program to teach patients exercises. > > Ask your doctor and the hospital about such a program. And Aaron Epstein asked this question: > what hospital was this? This is the first I've heard of any > institution offering preop exercises. best, Aaron Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa. We had a group meeting, then went to an exercise room (separate for THR and TKR). After THR surgery, they came to our rooms for PT and OT. The Arthritis Society (Canada) will help you set up a preop exercise program. I really don't know if this organization is in the US. > Joe wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > After THR surgery, they came to our rooms for PT and OT. |
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