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I received 2 hip replacements and then developed cobalt & chromium.
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Hey there
Well with TKR i had my first PT in the hospital about 2 hours after surgery. PT had me do stairs and walk hallways. I came home same day of surgery. The next morning at 9am a PT came to my home and did the evaluation and my first in home therapy. I had 3 more of this and went to out therapy PT, Ive been doing out PT 2x a week and its been 12 weeks Tuesday since surgery. With TKR, you have already spoke with surgeon's assistant weeks before surgery and have orders and as I mentioned have the first PT at the hospital within hours of the TKR. The TKR is a very diffrent surgery if you dont start PT that day and the morning after and do your PT given exercise 3x a day and do PT 2x a week (only 3 at home then start out PT and do that for 3 months right after) you will have no ROM and be right back in the hospital.. so I have been under the care of PT since day 1 and I will be at 3 months Niv 2nd.
I have not seen the derma doc. I will be talking to the surgeon tomorrow about the derma doc appt.
With TKR i have been doing the bicycle and squats the list goes on since 2nd week of my surgery. Its a brutal process from day of surgery to even now. What I mean is that having to do exercises therapy with PT within hours of the surgery and daily for 3 months after.
I dont mean the surgery is worse than ither surgery's, i mean the rehab starts asap with in hours of waking from the surgery. A must or the knee will freeze up and back to surgery it would be.
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@suziet Hi Suz,
That is good that you are asking your surgeon about MFR (myofascial release). It isn't the same as doing strength training and movement exercises because with MFR, you are specifically stretching the fascia. If your incision is healed well enough for that is a question for your doctors. The incision will have tight fascial scar tissue around it, and sometimes that tightness extends into muscles. When you stretch the skin and the incision scar to release fascia, it has to be completely healed so you are not pulling it apart. I think it is a good question to ask, and also for everyone else who is reading this, we want to be an example for people to consult their doctors about what is right for them and when. If you do try MFR, I hope you will join the MFR discussion and share your experience.