Joint replacement : what about after your surgery?
Once surgery has occurred there will be a time of rehabilitation. Depending on the progress of healing and
checking outcome of the operation by follow-up X-rays full stability should be
restored. However, quite often the
patients that we see in practice, there is a considerable limitation in
mobility and sometimes pain persists even though the swelling of the joint is
no longer the issue.
Because of the extended period that people have suffered before they
decide to elect to have surgery, the sudden change of the “new joint” can cause
the body to react and produce an extended period of increased stiffness and
dysfunction.
We would expect to see patients on 3-4 occasions once healing has
occurred (six weeks after surgery) and then on a weekly basis with exercises
and self-help advice for between sessions.
Pre-surgery cases we would aim to see on 2 or 3 occasions in the initial
stage and then once every 4-8 weeks to help alleviate symptoms and some
dysfunction.
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We aim to introduce Functional Active Release treatment to muscles that
act over and around the joint. We would
address how well Ankle and Hip function are integrating. And in the case of the
Hip joint replacement we would be addressing Low Back function as well as Knee
function. Reducing the tension on the
replaced joint and improving function globally would be the overall goal.
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