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The care at St. Anthony's along with home theraphy, is helping me regain the full use of my knee and leg that osteoparthritis had taken away from me.
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Karen Schrader walks slowly around her Waterloo, Ill., farm, less than one week after undergoing a total knee replacement at St. Anthony’s. “I’m much better now,” she says. “Before, I couldn’t stand or walk for very long.”
Schrader and her husband are old hands at total joint replacements, with both diagnosed as having severe osteoarthritis. Don underwent two successful hip replacements. “It was my knees that hurt, but it turned out to be a hip problem,” he says.
“Mr. Schrader had what is known as referred pain, where pain is experienced in an area that is adjacent to where the problem is located,” says orthopedic surgeon Forbes McMullin, MD. “It’s common to have knee or back pain when something is wrong in the hips.”
Karen, who underwent a successful hip replacement herself a year ago, was back at St. Anthony’s this past summer for a total knee replacement. “I tried physical therapy and cortisone shots, but nothing worked.”
After total joint replacement surgery, Karen Schrader receives physical and occupational therapy. |
Surgery went smoothly and physical therapists were at her bedside the next morning. “We do bedside range of motion and strengthening exercises first, and then progress to using a walker that afternoon while on the inpatient unit,” says Scott Meis, PT, manager of Inpatient Therapy Services.
By the second full day, patients participate in hour-long physical and occupational therapy sessions to learn exercises necessary for re-building muscle strength and flexibility. Patients also work directly with occupational therapists to learn the right way to bathe, dress, sit and move upon discharge.
“It’s not like changing a tire on a car and you’re good to go,” says Meis. “To successfully recover from total joint replacement, patients have to be dedicated to learning and doing exercises under the watchful eyes of our therapists. Patients then continue therapy through home health visits as well as outpatient physical therapy.”
“My walking is getting stronger every day and I’m concentrating on improving the flexibility,” says Karen. “The care at St. Anthony’s, along with home therapy, is helping me regain the full use of my knee and leg that osteoarthritis had taken away from me.”
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