Total Knee Replacementt

Total Knee Replacement

TKR surgery may be needed when the knee has suffered significant trauma due to severe arthritis.

In TKR surgery, the ends of the femur and tibia bones and the backside of the kneecap are replaced. With a partial knee replacement either the end of the femur bone or tibia is replaced.

Typically people have suffered for a while before having surgery, leading to changes in walking, muscle strength, and function. Physiotherapy before surgery in general has shown to help with the speed and quality of recovery after surgery.

Physical therapy

Physical therapy starts the day after the surgery.

Goal- to get back to normal walking as soon as possible.

Exercises- ROM exercises, Isometric exercises, Rehabilitation program after progressing from the hospital.

It is very important to continue with outpatient physical therapy in our practice. We complete the rehabilitation cycle further restoring your ROM via your physician protocols restoring walking balance knee coordination and reducing pain the end result is being able to return to most normal activities pain-free.