Articles and stories about life after knee surgery and recovery.
To walk properly you need that zero degrees, so that your heel can hit the ground first. After surgery, sometimes what happens is your brain can start sending messages to the leg on how it should move and where it is in space. Your leg can sometimes have a delay on that message. It’s almost like your muscles have to relearn what their job is.
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Merlin’s Story Part III. Opioids and Knee Replacement. Effective pain management is the first layer of building that trust relationship that allows the patient to be an active partner in their own healing from the inception.
Merlin’s Story Part V: Conclusion. I named my X10 machine ‘Brunhilda’ and we quickly became fast friends. She sat among my plants and books and work files like a sentinel looking out the window to the trees outside. She was strong and relentless and kind and rewarding. I could set my target, crank up the Mozart to levels that drowned the pain, pace myself, and have small victories which I would celebrate with my recovery coaches. My knee surgery recovery and the X10 were now working in synchronization.
What image comes to mind when you hear of a person undergoing a total knee replacement? Someone sedentary? Someone in their “golden years?” What if I told you that image has changed drastically in the last decade?
Deb was living a purposeful and exciting life. Sadly, things like volleyball, tennis, and dancing became very challenging because of the excruciating pain that certain movement caused her. These limitations contributed to muscle loss, weakness as well as depression. Deb faced some very important decisions.
Life is good, but it wasn’t always easy. In my third year of law school my family and I were displaced by Superstorm Sandy. I fled my family’s ruined home with a few items of clothing and my school supplies.
Maybe you should do something really amazing with your new knee… maybe the Senior Olympics are for you. An interview with Becky Ridky.
I believe you are the author of this book called “Your Life.” If you don’t like what you’re experiencing right now you can create something different. Every choice we make creates our experiences. Keep following the same recipe you will keep getting the same results. We discuss the immensity of you and your 2020 here.
The things that you get when you walk into a senior activities center are bigger than the exercise class, or the card group, or any of the presentations that are going on. It’s the opportunity to build relationships.