| During the rehabilitation process after surgery, one of | | | | pain that will not subside with pain medication or ice, |
| the best pieces of advice you can receive from your | | | | or sleepless nights one after another. To avoid this |
| rehab professional is, to listen to your body. Your | | | | dilemma, monitor your exercise frequency and |
| body will tell you if you are rehabilitating in the proper | | | | duration set forth by the surgeon or physical |
| manner or, you are over doing the exercise program. | | | | therapist. If you experience these symptoms on a |
| Most people get confused because for every | | | | frequent basis then, changes can and should be made |
| neighbor, nurse, physical therapist or, orthopedic | | | | in the program. |
| surgeon you talk too, you will get a different | | | | You will always improve if you cut back as needed. |
| response when it comes to exercise do's and dont's. | | | | In some cases I will recommend that the patient |
| There is no cut and dried sure fire way to rehabilitate | | | | take an entire day off. It can be done and you will |
| your knee. Your job as a patient is to find what | | | | see great results as well. |
| works for you then proceed with it full steam ahead. | | | | Knee surgery rehabilitation was not designed to be |
| Your rehabilitation professional if they are on top of | | | | totally painless. There will be some difficult days from |
| their game will understand that as well. Exercise | | | | time to time make no mistake about it. Taking care |
| frequency for instance shoved down your throat will | | | | of your overall physical body with rest, and keeping |
| work for some and not for others. | | | | tabs on what is working or not working when it |
| There are many ways to determine if you are | | | | comes to exercise frequency will be the major factor |
| working to hard. A big increase in swelling, chronic | | | | in your comfort levels and overall success. |