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When does the pain end or lighten up after total knee replacement?
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Oct 11, 2025 | Replies (36)Comment receiving replies
@steveinarizona I am curious why your surgeon wanted you to be a couch potato the first week. I am not familiar with that protocol. My surgeon had me up the first few hours walking and PT for the 3 days I was in the hospital.
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@lawanna85
Different surgeons have different post procedure protocols. I think that Chow want to focus first on actual recovery from the procedure during the first week. He told me that his cut is slightly different from a Jiffy Knee cut and the Jiffy knee cut produces less pain but his cut is designed so that if he or anyone else has to go back in, he left a road. So Chow is very concerned about total recovery.
Considering how well things have gone so far, in the words of the late Pope Francis: Who am I to judge?