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Old 08-14-2023, 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by jamesrcorbett View Post
If both knees need to be done do one knee at a time. You need the other knee for rehab. The key for a normal return is to religiously do the rehab. Generally what you get in range after 30 days of rehabilitation is all the range you will get.
My physio stressed that 30 day point so much.
I know several people who never did the work with knee and hip replacements who never got the full benefit of the procedures.
It's painful, but not as bad as walking bone on bone.