RE: knee replacement -vs- hip replacement

I had a knee replacement in 2000. Actually, some of the PT exercises have
you stretching and bending your new knee joint right after surgery. I went
through that stage of being too cautious, afraid that I would ruin the knee
joint, but you get used to it after awhile. The only thing I still don't do is put
my body weight on the knee of my TKR (like kneeling). I think the major
concern is NOT to fall on those new knee joints. I had a friend who took a
nasty fall, landing right on his TKR, it snapped, he had to have it re-done,
then got a very serious infection in that area as a result. But, that is unusual
I would think; I've never heard of anyone else who had that experience.
Nanny

On 7/4/2008 12:54 PM, DKGBeeker@webtv.net wrote to All:

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-> OK, I know when you have a hip replacement, afterwards you can't bend
-> the hip past a certain point without having it dislocate, is this also
-> true for a knee replacement? Do you have to be careful how far you
-> bend it after the knee replacement?
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-> Also, after a hip replacement, does that make it impossible to sit with
-> say your leg drawn up and out to the side (think sitting on a sofa with
-> one leg touching floor and other leg bent and out to side resting on
-> cough) kind of indian style after a hip replacement?
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-> Just curious!
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