Doing Stairs After Knee Replacement

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Doing stairs after knee replacement.

I wish i could remember how long before i could do stairs normally. And i totally get your concern. He went home on the same day as surgery and even was able to climb stairs prior to discharge. You may wanna prepare in case you come straight home after tkr and have your husband set up a bed in the living room.

David backstein operated on a patient at women s college hospital who walked hours after a knee replacement. Going up has always been easier than coming down for me. I had a right tkr in april 2017. After successful knee replacement surgery a patient should be able to return gradually to normal activities including climbing stairs says mayo clinic.

So many people are apprehensive about stair climbing following knee joint arthroplasty that there are more than enough searches on internet with phrase knee replacement and climbing stairs i could relate to it because after arthroscopic surgery my mom was reluctant to do stair climbing for first few days so it is definitely a big deal. In a recent article in the toronto star dr. Using stairs after hip or knee replacement surgery can be especially scary since the last thing you want to do is reinjure yourself and compromise the prosthetic. We have stairs front and back so they made me climb before i was released from the hospital but it was a step stop kind of climb.