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Dancing After Knee Replacement
Knee replacement surgery can be a big challenge... and the recovery can last forever. Deb wanted to dance again after knee surgery and did!
A Patient’s Recovery from Knee Replacement (Dancing was Painful)
My friend, Lisa, wrote this inspiring article about knee surgery recovery:
Hello my name is Lisa. As an X10 Recovery Coach for the past five (5) years I have met many amazing individuals who have made one of the best decisions of their life, a knee replacement surgery. Getting a knee replacement is truly life changing Yes, I’m sitting here blessed with reliable, pain free, well working knees (for now), and you are probably wondering how I would know so much about the impact of going from bad knees to new knees.
As an X10 Recovery Coach, it is my responsibility to ensure that our patients get a strong start to their rehabilitation. This means we talk a lot. We, of course, discuss getting the most out of the X10 and why proper elevation and icing is critical. Despite the fatigue and grogginess that first week of recovery, an unexplainable celebration is already in motion. Patients share with me that they are out of the bone on bone pain; and next I get to learn about the past limitations and the future plans, hopes and dreams. It is so much fun sharing the beginning of this new chapter with so many amazing people!
A Very Special Patient
Today I want to share my enthusiasm about a special patient who is very much back to living life again after her total knee replacement surgery.
I first met Deb just two (2) days post-surgery. Immediately I discovered that she lived a purposeful and exciting life. When I visited her I felt the warmth in her home as I stepped over and around the signs of young children in the house. I smiled and asked about the little ones. It was obvious that family was a large part of her life as she continued to point out the photos on the walls of all the grand-children ranging in ages, months to teens, and proudly shared their interests and accomplishments. Without a doubt this was a women and a special grandma that had a playful heart! Not only did I learn that she loved to be involved and on-the-go with family, but she also shared with me a number of personal activities she missed. Things like volleyball, tennis, pickle ball, and dancing became very challenging and even impossible because of the excruciating pain that certain movement caused her.
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Gradually increasing limitations contribute immensely to muscle loss, weakness as well as depression. Eventually every patient must make some very important decisions.
The rest of Lisa's article can be found here: