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12-12-2014, 08:22 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: A village some where
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Originally Posted by striperman36
Doing PT PRIOR to choppin your leg in half is very important. You need to strengthen and stretch out the muscles and tendons around knee. the vmo is particularly problematic, I'm still workin on that muscle 4 years later
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Agreed, i just spoke to my mother yesterday and shes struggling. It keep tightening up on her no matter what she does.
One of the challenges she face was have a massive heart attack which resulted in a quadruple bypass 3 months after her 2nd knee replacment. She was recovering from that which in turn impacted her knee recovery.
Moral if the story, its a long long road, the.better you prep and the more you use it, the better you will.be in he long run. If you have a problem with pain or someone who doesnt exercise or like to atleast walk alot your will not be happy with your results. This is coming from family and friend experience.
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12-12-2014, 09:35 AM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 8,760
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Originally Posted by iamskippy
Agreed, i just spoke to my mother yesterday and shes struggling. It keep tightening up on her no matter what she does.
One of the challenges she face was have a massive heart attack which resulted in a quadruple bypass 3 months after her 2nd knee replacment. She was recovering from that which in turn impacted her knee recovery.
Moral if the story, its a long long road, the.better you prep and the more you use it, the better you will.be in he long run. If you have a problem with pain or someone who doesnt exercise or like to atleast walk alot your will not be happy with your results. This is coming from family and friend experience.
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What he said, it will become a lifelong effort to get back |
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12-12-2014, 11:34 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: RockVegas
Posts: 3,228
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I have found the best solution for me is the bicycle to keep the knees as flexible as possible. I do okay walking, but the bike really helps out more with keeping range of motion.
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The future ain't what it used to be. --Yogi Berra
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12-12-2014, 01:53 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
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Originally Posted by BigBo
I have found the best solution for me is the bicycle to keep the knees as flexible as possible. I do okay walking, but the bike really helps out more with keeping range of motion.
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Or an elliptical pounding on hard stuff bothers my knees |
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12-12-2014, 02:45 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: south shore, RI
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I go to the Y at least twice a week and put in a half an hour on the bike and another half hour on the elliptical. Been doing this for more than 5 years and now the PT, too. The doctor said that both are good for strengthening and flexing the knee. I hope that this all helps in the recovery phase  |
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12-12-2014, 02:54 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
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Originally Posted by paradoxjim
I go to the Y at least twice a week and put in a half an hour on the bike and another half hour on the elliptical. Been doing this for more than 5 years and now the PT, too. The doctor said that both are good for strengthening and flexing the knee. I hope that this all helps in the recovery phase |
Good Luck, it's an adventure |
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12-13-2014, 07:53 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Cape Cod
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Lots of great advice here, thanks all and happy knees to ya  |
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