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Originally Posted by Phil
When my wife was younger she played a lot of tennis and was at the gym a lot so a lot of high impact stuff. I went to the doctor with her and saw the x rays and there is NOTHING between the bones in the joint so she has no choice any more. She kept trying to put this off but can hardly walk now. She is the kind of person that wants to get up and get going so I don't think the physical therapy will be a problem. The hard part will be if they say to do a certain thing she will probably figure if she does twice as much she will heal that much faster.
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Phil there are limits to the doing twice as much and healing faster. I have pushed ashard as my leg would let me. There is a point to which the knee will rebel so to speak. yes she will be able to improve her ability to heal and return to a normal active life however it will take months no matter how hard she works. My PT has told me to do what I can tolerate but when the knee megins to swell and hurt listen to it and slow down. Please feel free to pm me and I will provide my cell number and we can talk. I highly recommend the procedure but there are limitations. My Ortho surgeon told me prior to my decision that the new replacement knees are lasting 20 to 25 years depending on life style.