Several years ago, when I was a Physical Therapy student, I had the privilege of observing a couple of live surgeries, one of which was a Total Knee Replacement.  I’m glad I got to see this surgery in particular because my current workload consists of seeing many patients recovering from Knee Replacements.

Over the years I’ve learned a great deal about the rehabilitative process s/p TKA and what it takes to be successful.  I've also learned that much of that success is based on patient expectations...

Our knee patients need to know, first of all, that being diagnosed with arthritis isn't a sentence to the surgery table, and that there are steps they can take to improve their symptoms in order to delay and possibly prevent surgery altogether.  They also need to know what a TKA is, how they would know if they need one, what the outcomes are, and what to expect with rehabilitation.

Here is your blueprint to educate them...