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Therapy for knee arthritic knee
Has anyone been successful in preventing the need for knee replacement surgery by actively working the knee with physical therapy .
Since I am of advanced age I would like not to have surgery . I’m working out every day and going for physical therapy twice a week . Other than a bit of awareness of the arthritis in the knee I yet to have suffered severe pain .though X-ray show lots of damage .
I hope to build the muscles in my thigh and calf to support my leg so that I’m not putting pressure on the knee bones .
I’m told by those that had surgery it will not work and eventually it will be necessary to have the surgery .
Wonder if anyone out there has had success using this method .
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Perhaps weight loss plus physical therapy might relieve excess stress on knee joint?
Seems to me from what I have heard that you are doing well. It is not unusual to have an awful xray and not need surgery. I would also suggest that you work on your core as well.
I have not. But I do have one comment: what you are doing is a form of prehab which is a good thing to do before replacement surgery.
How old do you say you are? I am 81 and had my right knee replaced eleven months ago. One week after the surgery my surgeon's PA cleared me to return to driving my car. Twenty-seven days after the surgery I returned to playing golf.
Before the surgery I could not pick up my 3 year old granddaughter. Now I can and carry her around and spend hours walking at the zoo with my grandkids.
I am retired but I had a white collar position prior to that. I now have severe carpal tunnel syndrome and on Monday I am having an endoscopic nerve release on one wrist.
I generally find the best doctors and I am not generally afraid of surgery. But, at my age, I am afraid of general anesthesia. Fortunately, a knee replacement and an endoscopic wrist surgery can be done under regional anesthesia.