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PreHab Before Your Joint Replacement or Repair Surgery

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PreHab Before Your Joint Replacement or Repair Surgery

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Grace McClure
Category: PreHab

Thinking about a hip or knee replacement? If so, you’re probably filled with questions. At first, you’ll have questions like “What will the surgery look like?” or “How much pain will I be in?”. Once your surgery is on the books, your questions will become more specific. You will...

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Grace McClure
Category: PreHab

After hip and knee replacement surgery comes a lengthy recovery. This recovery will be filled with ups and downs and triumphs and failures—all of which will spark a host of questions. Although everyone’s recovery is different, there are frequently asked questions that we hear...

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Grace McClure
Category: PreHab

Outpatient knee replacement surgery—what will it look like? Is total knee replacement outpatient? What can I expect during my 24 hour (or less) stay at an outpatient center? How is same-day joint surgery different from regular, inpatient surgery? These questions are all common...

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Grace McClure
Category: PreHab

Anesthesia for hip or knee replacement surgery is a hot topic for several reasons. For one, patients are usually recommended either general or regional anesthesia. It’s up to you to gather as much information as possible to really understand your preference. Secondly, the...

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Grace McClure
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In Southern California and considering an outpatient hip or knee replacement? We’ve compiled a list of outpatient surgery centers in Southern California that offer partial and total joint replacements. Whether you’re in the Los Angeles area or as far south as Chula Vista, our...

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Grace McClure
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When it comes to planning your joint replacement surgery, there are a lot of moving parts and decisions to be made. For many, one of the major decisions is choosing the right surgeon to perform their hip or knee replacement. Although many end up going with the orthopaedic...

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Grace McClure
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Whether you consider your surgery scar a badge of honour, a marker of your new life, or something to be self-conscious about, this new addition may take some getting used to. For some, the adjustment to a “scarred life” is easy while others mourn the loss of their unmarked body....

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Grace McClure
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Patients only retain 5% of the material covered in video or slideshow lectures If you think about the way your pre-op class is run, chances are it looks something like this: bring in a group of patients, provide light refreshments and hit “play” on a DVD or talk through dense...

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Grace McClure
Category: PreHab

Recently, we spoke with Mani, a hypnotherapist and author. Mani has written an award-winning memoir as well as a book entitled “Journey from Anxiety to Freedom”. Mani describes this book as a “self-revelation” and “how-to-guide” for overcoming anxiety. Anyone who has faced the...

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