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Originally Posted by quicksix View Post
Do your P.T. ahead of time,start a program to strengthen the knee flexors and extensor muscles to shorten recovery time.Research you ortho ahead of time and where he does his surgeries,keeping an eye on post surgery infection rates.
Be prepared.
Why are you getting the surgery?

Good Luck and be prepared
^this^ try to keep in mind that your physical therapist is not a sadist bent on your constant suffering, they will help you, it just seems malevolent.

addtionally, after a large joint replacement, you need to take anti-biotics prior to getting dental work, and must be very careful about little scrapes getting infected and possibly ending up with an infected implant.

also it is very common to end up a little too short or too long following a knee or hip replacement, a lift in the shoe on the short side is usually allyou need to do about it.
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