Joint Replacements

The Best Pre-Surgical Exercises for a Total Knee Replacements

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The Best Exercises to do before a knee replacement

We all know the benefits of exercising; increased blood flow, muscle strength, and overall better physical and mental health. Exercising before your total knee replacement is especially important for a quick and successful recovery. It has been proven that exercising prior to having a total knee replacement speeds up the recovery time significantly by strengthening […]

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Total Hip Replacement: Tips for a Faster and Easier Recovery

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Total Hip Replacement Tips For A Faster And Easier Recovery

Total hip replacements are increasing in popularity in both the United States and worldwide. It’s estimated that over 300,000 surgeries are performed here in the US and that could increase to over 500,000 within the next 5 years. Even though the surgeries and the recovery period after are getting faster and easier with modern medicine,

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How to Improve Ankle Stiffness and Increase Ankle Dorsiflexion

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How To Improve Ankle Stiffness And Increase Ankle Dorsiflexion

Ankle stiffness is a common problem that often doesn’t get seem to noticed until the stiffness starts to impact daily activities or it’s affecting recovery after surgery. Most people never realize how stiff their ankles have become until it’s progressed to a point of pain or limited ability. Limited ankle dorsiflexion (bending the ankle up

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The Best Walker After a Total Knee Replacement

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Best Walkers

Currently, in the United States, over 600,000 people are undergoing total knee replacement a year. Knee pain is a fairly common symptom in America, especially with the aging Baby Boomer population. The first total knee replacement occurred in 1968 and since then improvement in materials and surgical techniques have greatly progressed, making a total knee

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The 5 Best Insoles for High Arches and Ankle Pain

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The 5 Best Insoles for High Arches and Ankle Pain

We depend heavily on our feet to get us around, but our feet and ankles can bark back by giving us pain. Sometimes the pain comes from a wrong step, but sometimes the pain comes from the hand we’ve been dealt in life–high arches. Having high arches can sometimes predispose people to foot and ankle

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Total Knee Replacement: The Best Gift Ideas to Speed Up Recovery

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The Best Gift Ideas after a Total Knee Replacement to Speed Up Recovery Total knee replacement surgeries open up a vastly improved quality of life for many people—the surgery provides increased mobility and a reduction in pain. Unfortunately, the recovery from the surgery can be arduous. If you have a family member or friend going

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Heel Lift: The Best Heel Lifts for Foot and Ankle Pain

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Best Heel Lifts for Achilles and Foot Pain

Foot pain stemming from an injury, overwork, or overuse is a common and debilitating symptom for many people. Pain in the heel can prevent you from enjoying a lovely spring day or getting the exercise you need to stay happy and healthy. Many people with this type of foot pain will keep themselves from walking

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The Best Recumbent Bike after Total Knee Replacement Surgery

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The knee is one of the most commonly injured joints in the body. Nearly half of all American develop knee osteoarthritis in at least one knee during their lifetime. The first line of defense for arthritis is to lose weight, improve strength, eat healthier and try conservative options such as physical therapy. Sometimes it can

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