Synvisc (Hylan G-F 20) for trashed knees

chadwick

shetellsherself said:

Any questions on post joint replacement rehab and adaptation... I'd love to help too.

nice

so what can i do to strengthen my knees? i have braces & those ace bandages. i suppose i should start wearing them again. how much am i harming my knees by trying to get out there & walk around an hour or so? water exercises i have covered. why is it so difficult to get pain meds again? - this is frickin crap

gimmesometruth27

these are questions for your doctor, chad. without knowing your medical history and the history of your knee conditions, i am not comfortable telling you exactly what to do with regard to rehab. rehab should sddress more than just the knee. you might have weakness in the hip or somewhere further up the chain. we assess that with our patients. we give our patients a home rehab program to work on, just a couple of stretches and strengthening exercises. if it is something that they can't do at home then we will send them to formal physical therapy. the synvisc is more effective with some sort of rehab program.

my only guess as to why it is hard to get pain meds is most orthopedic docs are not in the business of prescribing long term narcotics for chronic pain. i know we don't do that.

chadwick

gimmesometruth27 said:

these are questions for your doctor, chad. without knowing your medical history and the history of your knee conditions, i am not comfortable telling you exactly what to do with regard to rehab. rehab should sddress more than just the knee. you might have weakness in the hip or somewhere further up the chain. we assess that with our patients. we give our patients a home rehab program to work on, just a couple of stretches and strengthening exercises. if it is something that they can't do at home then we will send them to formal physical therapy. the synvisc is more effective with some sort of rehab program.

my only guess as to why it is hard to get pain meds is most orthopedic docs are not in the business of prescribing long term narcotics for chronic pain. i know we don't do that.

um... i deal with my general practitioner for the pain meds, well, when i was. yep been to physical therapy quite a bit, done their stuff. im just looking for different opinions like the more the merrier

northerndragon

Biking is good low impact exercise for the damaged knees as long as you have the correct size bike otherwise it does more harm than good. Also a Registered Massage Therapist with lymph drainage training can help control the excess fluid build up in the knee which helps over strength and health of the knee. Yoga would help as well promotes over all muscle stretching and strengthening - again needs to be done properly and within your capabilities so as to not do further harm.
The biking has truly saved me as far as getting out and not being in pain afterwards. I now bike between 60 - 170Km a week in the spring/summer/fall.
Also reading this thread makes me feel like a guy getting kicked the balls must feel only about my knees.

chadwick

thank you, northerndragon

yeah i've had a couple schwinn airdyne bikes in my recent years. these airdynes are pretty awesome tools. i'm gonna have to get another & or a outdoor riding bike.
http://www.trekkingdestination.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/airdyne.jpg

northerndragon

No problem, all my biking takes place outdoors otherwise I get bored and I don't do it. I forgot cross country skiing is great as well if you live somewhere where the weather makes it possible.

chadwick

i've tried cross country skiing & busted my ass often. same with ice skating, not for me. bam, crash, smash, ouch i suck

rollings

gimmesometruth27 said:

these are questions for your doctor, chad. without knowing your medical history and the history of your knee conditions, i am not comfortable telling you exactly what to do with regard to rehab. rehab should sddress more than just the knee. you might have weakness in the hip or somewhere further up the chain. we assess that with our patients. we give our patients a home rehab program to work on, just a couple of stretches and strengthening exercises. if it is something that they can't do at home then we will send them to formal physical therapy. the synvisc is more effective with some sort of rehab program.

my only guess as to why it is hard to get pain meds is most orthopedic docs are not in the business of prescribing long term narcotics for chronic pain. i know we don't do that.

You don't have to put yourself down like that

chadwick

Fucking capital letters. Painful is all I got to say. Bilateral kee

chadwick

Knees

chadwick

Help me

shortstack

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