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[KACEE1115]

Is there any one particular exercise that you have found to be your best one to get you through a quick recovery. 

[roster]

Go to a physical therapist. They are the experts for this type of question and concern.

[SandySparkles]

@KACEE1115  That is an excellent question, but because knee surgery, and rehabilitation therapies are unique to the individual, professional instruction is paramount.😊

I am hoping for a speedy recovery for you.🤞😀

~~~All we need is LOVE💖

[Goodie2shoes]

I agree with the previous responses to your question however with having a repeat rt knee replacement just recently and starting PT, the exercise that has helped me is the one where while laying down you pull your knee towards your buttock holding while counting to 5 then slowly straightening the leg. I also do this while sitting in a chair.  this has helped me avoid extreme stiffness in the joint. There are several other exercises that are  very important as well and your therapist will instruct you on them. Good luck in your recovery, it just takes time and effort

[qualitygal]

  Are you before or after? Seems your doctor or phy. therapist would help with that.  ????? 

[chlema]

@KACEE1115 I was sent home from the hospital with a folder explaining the exercises they wanted me to do twice a day.  Went to therapy also 3x a week and all that helped.  Surgeries on my knees were done last year and while I no longer do any specific exercises I did buy the Cubii from QVC and use it every day for about 30 minutes or so just to keep the knees limber.  It's painless and something I can do while I watch tv.

[shoesnbags]

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@KACEE1115 wrote:

Is there any one particular exercise that you have found to be your best one to get you through a quick recovery. 

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@KACEE1115 

Ther is no one exercise that is the magic bullet to a quick recovery. Different exercises rehab different muscles that you need to support that new knee.

As others have said, medical professionals, particularly physical therapists, are your best guides to exercises.  My TKR is 13 years old, and  I exercise it regularly to maintain strength and flexibility. It's not a "fix it and forget it" type of thing. 

[chrystaltree]

Your physical therapist will give you your exersize and it is extremely important to do only what your therapis prescribes.  You don't want to risk damaging the implant having to go through a second replacement.

[ALRATIBA]

Didn't the doctor refer you to physical therapist?

[hckynut]

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@KACEE1115 wrote:

Is there any one particular exercise that you have found to be your best one to get you through a quick recovery. 

@KACEE1115 

Simple answer? No there is not. If anyone tells you there is just 1, I have some questions for them!

A "quick" recovery? In recoveries, I view "full recovery "from every injury or health issue". Quick of course is a relative statement, full recovery much less subjective and much more important.

My wife had her TKR Right leg closing in on a year ago. I went to all but 1 of her Physical Therapy sessions. Recovery involves many different types of exercises, strength/balance/range of motion, and flexibility are just a few.

No single 1 is better than another, it's the combination of them all, along with optimism, and hopefully no unseen issues regarding the procedure itself.

I could type a long list of knee exercises that I have being doing for decades. I credit all of that work as keeping my knee joints injury free.

Injury free in spite of my running over a couple 100 thousand miles, training and the races themselves. Throw in playing hockey and years as a referee, and these are things where many I know have had even multiple knee surgeries. 

If you have had TKR I hope you are or were seeing a Physical Therapist. If you have not yet had it done, I would suggest that you do. I good PT knows the limits of what your TKR is capable of with each passing day of therapy. I doubt than any good ones will focus on any 1 single exercise to help your recovery.

Like almost all major surgeries, the stronger and fit a person is going into surgery, plays a huge part in how quick one recovers, and also helps get as close to full recovery as is possible for each individual patient. Back to "everyone is different".

hckynut 

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