>> do you want me to check your blood pressure? >> i would. yeah, please. >> let's do that. so tell me how things have been going.
Physical Therapy Continuing Education Courses, >> last night, i was pretty sore at bedtimebut -- the thought of navigating on a walker or crutches to go to an outpatientvisit would have been daunting. >> a little tight but really -- >> they could look at the environmenthere and assess if there were risks
to me falling, things that we should be moving. >> it's building on the basic thingsshe starts with in the hospital. again, looking at her homeenvironment and making sure that she feels comfortablenavigating, you know, in her own home. >> it's tender. >> but then just continuing on with workingat her range of motion and her strength and those sort of things that areimportant to work on right away. >> you don't hesitate as you step down. can you then go back up and help with your hand?
now was that painful at all? the main things that you want to get outof the first six weeks, you've got a window of opportunity to get the tissues tostart moving beyond their previous level. so you want to get the range of motion back. you want to get the quadricepsmuscle to function. how's that? as comfortably as possible on both of those. so one of the things that i do range of motionwise is, and had beth do from the start is, to have her generate all themovements so that she doesn't have
to wonder am i going to move her to far. >> i have a whole new healthyrespect for physical therapy. i mean, i think that the surgeon does theirgood work, but these are the individuals that get us back to doingactivities of daily living. >> how are things going for you? >> really well. >> good. >> very well. >> pain wise you doing okay?
>> yep, not taking anything for pain. >> the seven-week visit after a primarypartial knee replacement is primarily to try and evaluate how the patientis doing at that point. what our expectations are,they have very little pain. they're probably 90% of theway recovered at this point. they're back to their daily lives. they're not taking any pain medication, and theyhave essentially near-normal range of motion. >> actually, the last week beforesurgery i could barely walk. i actually had to go home from work oneday because my mobility was so restricted.
and now i'm out walking on the weekends,in the morning, during the week. i'm on the exercise bike orparticipating in yoga pain free.
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