How does Total Knee Replacement Surgery Rehabilitate Long-Term Care?

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At Vishal Pai, we provide you with a trusted team of doctors to assist you in your total knee replacement surgery. It is a transformative procedure that significantly improves your mobility, reduces chronic pain and enhances quality of life for individuals suffering from severe knee arthritis or injury. In some patients, osteoarthritis only affects one part of the knee. If this is the case, then a partial knee replacement may be enough for the patient. 

Real recovery starts after your total knee replacement surgery. To rehabilitate long-term care and to sustain the recovery of your surgery, Dr.Pai emphasises a multidisciplinary approach. It includes physiotherapy, strength training and lifestyle modifications. Not just that, one must also strictly obey the follow-up schedule to keep track of the recovery progress. It involves: 

  1. Within the 2-week time wound dressings may be removed, and the wound will be reviewed to ensure it has healed. 
  2. At the 8th week your range of motion in the knee might be assessed. You are expected to be able to fully straighten the knee and bend it more than ninety degrees. 
  3. During the 4th month, a special X-ray from the hip to the ankle may be performed at this stage to confirm the alignment of the knee replacement. 
  4. In the 12th month if things have progressed as expected, this will be the final appointment and most of the patients start walking comfortably. 

To know more about total knee replacement surgery, consult with Vishal Pai and get your accurate diagnosis.

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