Kneeling after Total Knee Replacement

Many patients have pain when they kneel after a total knee replacement. A study by Dr. Rich Berger that was published in the Journal of Arthroplasty in 2019 shared a simple protocol that helped get many patients the ability to kneel. I share this protocol with my patients and it has helped them.

Each day you will spend 10 minutes doing the kneeling on different surfaces starting with soft and ending with hard.

Week 1 - Kneel 10 minutes per day on the sofa
Week 2 - Kneel 10 min/day on a sofa cushion on the floor
Week 3 - Kneel 10 min/day on a thin pillow
Week 4 - Kneel 10 min/day on a rug
Week 5 - Kneel 10 min/day on a hard floor

It is not to be started right away since you need time for your incision to heal. You must check with your surgeon to see if this is safe for you.

This is a link to the article: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30773...

My new book - The Knee Book - A Guide to the Aging Knee is available as a paperback and an ebook on Amazon and Barnes & Noble and on Google Play.
Check your countries Amazon page in Canada, Australia, UK and others.

In the US
Amazon (paperback and ebook)
https://www.amazon.com/Knee-Book-Guid...

Barnes & Noble (paperback and nook)
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-...

Be sure to listen to my Podcast: Your Knee Your Health
https://www.buzzsprout.com/732407/web...

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