Total Knee Replacement Scheduled for

[Wahine]

Good Luck with your surgery! Riding before the surgery will help with your recovery. And riding afterward is one of the best things you can do. I often get my patients started on the stationary bike in the first week post-op. Even if it's just for 5 min rocking the pedals back and forth within your available range, it helps a lot. Another good trick that I've learned over the years is to have my clients sit on a therapy ball with both feet on the ground and roll back and forth such that the knee bends and straightens rhythmically. It seems to help loosen things up.

I had a client in her 60's that had a TKR and her recovery did not go as well as typical but even still she's back on her bike and rode RSVP this year, less than 1 year since the surgery!

I'll be thinking about you on Monday.

[emily_in_nc]

Good luck! I hope the recovery goes quickly and that you have a much-improved quality of life post-surgery!

[Bike Writer]

Ladies of TE, thank you for all the well wishing and thoughts. There has been a big change of events and I will not be having knee surgery on Monday, the update is at this thread http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...435#post656435

Wahine, that was my thought exactly. I've been doing short regular rides to strengthen muscles and I recall that when I had my left knee done the PT put me on a stationary bike right off and had me just go back and fourth as much as I could, I distinctly remember the day when I was able to get it all the way around. Proud as punch! I like the idea of the ball too. If all goes well I could look at knee repacement next fall?