Re: Re: bilateral knee replaceme

[Guest guest]

Of course any muscle building you do will be helpful! I am waiting for a

surgical date...likely late november for my first tka, then the other one 6

weeks later. i go to hospital physio 3 times a week to build up leg muscles,

therapeutic massage twice a week, the pool twice a week, and the gym (for upper

body exercises) 3 times a week. I have also been using forearm crutches so I

will be totally comfortable with them. As a pleasant byproduct, I have

discovered I can actually walk more than half a block if I use the crutches!!

Get in the best shape you can before surgery..it can't but help!

[Guest guest]

Hmmm. That's an idea. Learn to walk with the forearm crutches now. Did you

just go to a medical supply place and buy them?

The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.

Re: Re: bilateral knee

replaceme

Of course any muscle building you do will be helpful! I am waiting for a

surgical date...likely late november for my first tka, then the other one 6

weeks later. i go to hospital physio 3 times a week to build up leg muscles,

therapeutic massage twice a week, the pool twice a week, and the gym (for

upper body exercises) 3 times a week. I have also been using forearm

crutches so I will be totally comfortable with them. As a pleasant

byproduct, I have discovered I can actually walk more than half a block if I

use the crutches!! Get in the best shape you can before surgery..it can't

but help!

[Guest guest]

I got the foreram crutches from a friend who had his second set of THRs a few

years ago. But here, you can borrow them from the Red Cross, or I am sure could

buy them from a medical supply store. The physiotherapist I am seeing pre

surgery says they are much better to use than standard crutches.