you are correct about treating the "whole" body. I also know folks who have had more complications after TKN surgery and problems afterward. PT is a very important component of bone and muscular surgery.

I am lucky to have a friend and neighbor who does PT in home health care and treats patients who have just returned from surgery before they can get out to a PT for rehab. I was lucky to have her be the person who treated me after my first surgery and I believe that part of the good outcome was because of having good PT care right out of the hospital and once I was able to get out to get to clinical rehab I did and followed orders religiously from them and from the surgeon both before and after the surgery. Having a good surgeon and knowing that he worked with the rheumatologist and primary care physician was important to me.

I was fortunate to know several other persons who have various orthopedic surgeries from this same surgeon and they had good outcomes. Divine intervention plays a role, sometimes surgeries don't come out well. It was about 6 years ago that I had my TKN on the left knee, much has changed in the world of medicine and technology and I will be anxious to hear what new improvements in surgeries and techniques are now available and if I would be a candidate for something different.