Making Knee Replacement a Life-Changing Experience

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DR. SUNIL RAJAN
Head of Department Apollo Institute of
Orthopaedics, Apollo Hospitals, Indore M.S
Orthopedics, Specialization Joint Replacement
Surgery
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Making Knee Replacement a Life-Changing
Experience
Knee replacement surgery a procedure that is done
when all other procedures have failed to relieve
you of the pain or the only option left is knee
replacement in case of accidents and other such
injury types where the knee is left immovable.
Knee replacement surgeries and as a matter of
fact, joint replacement surgeries as a whole have
seen a lot of development in terms of surgical
techniques and quality of prosthetics too. Total
Knee replacement surgery could be done in a day
with the latest technology and techniques of Knee
surgery, wherein the patient can get the surgery
done and be back home in less than 24 hours. More
of the surgery has also become so very minimally
invasive that the rehabilitation time has also
come down drastically. This has made knee
replacement a very vastly recommended and highly
successful surgery for knee problems in
comparison to other conventional and surgical
techniques. 
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The reduced rehabilitation time has made the life
of the patients who have undergone the surgery
much easier and faster for them to get back to
their normal routine. The surgery is bound to
improve mobility in most cases and reduce pains
after total rehabilitation is done. The
rehabilitation time will depend mostly on the
ability of the body to adapt to the prosthetics
implanted and also on the patients ability and
will to follow the instructions of rehabilitation
by the medical practitioner. You will also need
to endure some pain in the initial phase and do
the recommended activities as advised by your
surgeon or the physiotherapist till things get
better. Most people take around 6-12 months to
recovery and getting back to the normal routine.
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Knowing how and when you could get back to
different key routines of your life could be
helpful. Let us look into some major activities a
person would like to resume at the earliest after
the surgery. 
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• Driving is one major activity mostly everybody
  would like to get back after the knee surgery and
  this activity could be resumed quite early in
  your rehabilitation period as this requires
  minimum movement of the knees. The major
  requirement to start driving would be the ability
  to bend your knees enough to drive. You could be
  driving around in around 4-6 weeks of the
  surgery.

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• Getting back to your work would need a more
  realistic approach as it would require you to
  understand the nature of work you do and if your
  knees can take the load and you do not have to
  commute a lot to work. You can be back to work in
  around 6 weeks after your surgery if you have no
  complications in doing so. Labor-intensive work
  style would require more rehabilitation time.

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• Travelling would be another goal people set. But
  traveling is quite a tiring activity and would
  need some precautions to be taken and some steps
  that can reduce your discomfort during travel. A
  few steps like sitting in spaces with more
  legroom, wearing compression stockings, walking
  and stretching at regular intervals, wearing
  light and loose clothing and traveling light
  would be very helpful in traveling after
  surgery. 

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• Household chores would be the activity that you
  would be able to resume sooner than most of the
  other activities with the help of support. It can
  be resumed as soon as you feel comfortable
  walking with less discomfort. Chores like cooking
  and cleaning can be resumed if you feel stable
  and pain-free.

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• Walking would be the first activity that you will
  be required to do as soon as from day one. This
  may be assisted walking with supports. The
  physical therapist will advise on the exercises
  and other activities you could start doing at
  different periods. Around 12 weeks you would be
  able to walk more and start doing other exercises
  which do not involve lifting weights or putting
  too much pressure on the knees. Exercises are
  specifically to be done under medical supervision
  and advice only. Avoid activities that involve
  squatting, twisting, jumping, heavy lifting and
  movements that could cause harm to your knees.

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Knee replacement is surely a life-changing
surgery nowadays with minimally invasive
techniques, fewer scars, faster rehabilitation,
better prosthetics that last longer and a very
high percentage of success rates for the surgery.
The surgery has surely come as a boon to the
people who have been restricted or bedridden with
severe pain in the knee. Life-changing is the
right word as you are put back to your normal
routine and also to activities that were stopped
by you due to pain. 
Dr. Sunil Rajan, the leading Knee specialist and
expert in total knee replacement surgery, has put
back more than 10k people including sportsperson
on their feet and back to their normal routine
life which they used to enjoy before being
restricted by knee pain.
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For any knee pain, knee instability, locking of
knee or problems in the normal functioning of the
knee the best doctor to approach is Dr. Sunil
Rajan, the Best knee replacement surgeon in
Indore. Dr. Sunil Rajan is the orthopedic
specialist especially know for his high success
rate in joint replacement surgeries which has
made him the top Joint replacement surgeon in
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