Joint replacement

[tdood]

My wife is a nurse on an orthopedic surgury recovery unit and she enjoys hearing the bits and pieces I shout out at her from the computer (while reading this forum) about people with joint replacements/surguries returning to a useful range of motion and being strong. She said stories like these would be beneficial for her patients to hear because most of them are pretty bummed about getting their knees replaced and some refuse to even get out of bed.

I think a great idea for an article would be stories of people having joints replaced and returning to being relatively strong like Tommy Suggs and Phil Anderson (if I remember correctly).. I know my wife would pass it along to her patients, maybe it could help others.

[Mark Rippetoe]

The problem here is not your wife's patients. It is her patient's doctor.

[tdood]

The problem here is not your wife's patients. It is her patient's doctor.

The surgeons as well as the physical therapists... she said that nobody in her sphere has even heard of stories like people deadlifing 600 pounds 11 months post op. She says patients are afraid to "push it" or are completely depressed because thay have no vision for how successfully they can recover. My thought was that giving them something to read while they lay in bed could inspire them rehabilitate themselves contrary to what they're being told. Maybe this kind of literature already exists, I haven't looked at all, I just had a thought while reading the forum.

[Mark Rippetoe]

You actually think her doctor will provide her with printed material that says a guy deadlifted 600 pounds 11 months post-op on fake knees? I wouldn't if I were him. You can tell her where to look on this board, but her doctors are not going to play, I promise.

[quikky]

Do either hip or knee replacements at some point truly prevent someone from doing squats and deadlifts? Is it always a matter of the person just having the will to work through it?

[Mark Rippetoe]

Merely having the prosthesis itself does not limit the use of the prosthesis. Far more important is the condition of the human containing the prosthesis, e.g. the condition of the bone matrix around the implant, the pain tolerance, and the ambition for regaining mobility and strength.