If you were to picture the average person who undergoes a knee or joint replacement operation, you probably picture someone near retirement age who is looking to get a new knee or hip to allow them to remain active long into their wonder years. While people in their 60s and 70s do make up a large
Are Winter Sports Okay After Joint Replacement Surgery?
Winters provides us with the unique opportunity to partake in some great winter sports, like ice skating on a frozen pond or downhill skiing. And while you may not have been able to do these things because of hip or knee pain prior to your joint replacement operation, you may be wondering if you can
“Hovering” Programs Can Reduce Hospital Readmission After Joint Replacement Surgery
While the actual operation gets much of the focus, the success of your knee or hip replacement surgery depends largely on your rehabilitation efforts after the procedure. Because of this, medical researchers have been looking into ways to help keep a person’s rehab on track and prevent setbacks
5 Things The Future Holds After Your Knee Replacement Surgery
Thinking about the future can be both exciting and nerve-racking, especially if you’re about to do something you’ve never done before. For many patients, this is the reality they experience in the days and weeks leading up to their knee replacement operation. And while we don’t fancy ourselves
Hip And Knee Replacement Can Greatly Reduce Fall Risk
Joint replacement surgery is often championed as a way to reduce joint pain and to help improve mobility, but it also has one oft overlooked benefit - the fact that it can greatly help reduce your fall risk. This is especially important when you consider that falls are the most common reason for an
Why Tobacco Use Is So Problematic For Knee Replacement Candidates
Our knee joints slowly wear down as we age, and for some people, the deterioration of the joint gets so bad that they eventually pursue a knee replacement operation. A number of factors can help predict whether or not the replacement operation will be a long-term success, and researchers recently
5 Tips For Returning To Sport After Knee Replacement Surgery
The goal of knee replacement surgery is to help a person regain more physical independence and to help decrease pain in the knee region. With this newfound ability in their artificial knee, many patients want to get back to certain activities that had become too painful on their arthritic knee.
How To Make The Best Recovery After Partial Knee Replacement
A partial knee replacement operation involves replacing some compartments of the knee while preserving the areas that are still functioning properly. So while it leaves you with more of your original knee components compared to a total knee replacement, that doesn’t mean that rehab will be a walk in
