steveorino 7 #1 March 17, 2014 I'm not sure where to post this question so I will it post here. After 50 years of pain & trouble I am having my left knee replaced. (I'm 59) I'm healthy, work out 5 X a week and do 20-25 tandems/AFF a week as a weekend TI/AFFI. Drs say I will be out 8-12 weeks from work (that is BS, as I'm a therapist … I sit and listen ;/) I hope to be back at work as therapist in 3-4 weeks. What is a reasonable time to be back to work as TI or AFFI? Anybody else close to my age have this done? steveOrino Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 4 #2 March 17, 2014 steveorino I'm not sure where to post this question so I will it post here. After 50 years of pain & trouble I am having my left knee replaced. (I'm 59) I'm healthy, work out 5 X a week and do 20-25 tandems/AFF a week as a weekend TI/AFFI. Drs say I will be out 8-12 weeks from work (that is BS, as I'm a therapist … I sit and listen ;/) I hope to be back at work as therapist in 3-4 weeks. What is a reasonable time to be back to work as TI or AFFI? Anybody else close to my age have this done? Bob Celaya did it just in the last few months. And that turd is 70 years old. SparkyMy idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,317 #3 March 17, 2014 steveorino What is a reasonable time to be back to work as TI or AFFI? Anybody else close to my age have this done? Steve, Assume 8-12 weeks and that's if you do your PT EVERY day. The goal will be to great back to > 90 Degrees of flex. I know two who did not do their PT every day and wound up having a second surgery to remove scar tissue and be knocked out while they hyperextended the knee and another 4 weeks of PT. We know a former SF Medic CSM who had both knees done and within 10 weeks was out playing hoops again with his kids after each surgery. He wished he hadn't waited so long to get them done. Good luck, brother.Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swisschris62 0 #4 March 17, 2014 I had a total done on my right knee in April 2013. In 1984 I was crushed between a car and truck ( front bumper - front bumper) as a pedestrian. I was taken to the hospital and the leg was reconstructed. 29 years later and the old knee needed to come out. I'm not doing so good and am dealing with a lot of nerve pain, my flexion is 85* before the pain is unbearable, my extension is good. I did everything that was asked of me in PT and had a CM ( continual motion) machine in my house that I spent 6 hours a day in. I've been to numerous specialists and done everything asked of me although I drew the line when they suggested a spinal chord stimulator. My doctors are all at the NYhospital for Special Surgery so I consider myself lucky that I am in good hands although so far no one has been able to help me. I just had another procedure done last week. They don't want to go back into the knee unless they absolutely have to ( which I'm in full agreement of). I've been told by a few different doctors that this could stop all on its own even up to a year and a half later. I've been told ( now that there's a problem) that people who are arthritic tend to do better then someone who is having it done as a result to trauma. I've also been told that older people tend to recover faster and do better with this surgery then someone younger ( I'm 52). I'm not sure why that is but I've heard it more then once. I would say that 8 weeks is cutting it a little close when it comes to being active again. 4 - 6 months seems to be when most people start doing there normal activities again. I'm around a lot of these people these days so I'm basing that on what I've been seeing. Hope all goes well for you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Croc 0 #5 March 17, 2014 Have you considered stem cell therapy? (don't know what they call the actual procedure) Some NFL players have had great success with it. It is now cheap enough that I'm considering it. Last year it was $30,000. My boss's wife had it done for two weeks ago for $4000. It allows the knee to repair itself."Here's a good specimen of my own wisdom. Something is so, except when it isn't so." Charles Fort, commenting on the many contradictions of astronomy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
