Your anesthesiologist gives you anesthetics (medicines to keep you comfortable and decrease your awareness of surgery) and monitors your condition to keep you safe during surgery. You will have one of three kinds of anesthesia during your surgery.
Your new hip has a limited safe range of motion. These tips will help you manage better with your new hip.
After hip replacement, getting in and out of a car can be difficult. Read this for instructions on how to do it safely.
After hip replacement, getting dressed can be difficult. These tips can help.
Read this for some tips about how to safely do your daily tasks after hip replacement surgery.
Strong, flexible muscles help protect your knee. Improve your strength and increase your range of motion by doing the exercises shown here.
Follow these instructions for safely getting in and out of the bathtub or shower when you use a walker.
Strains and sprains happen when muscles or other soft tissues near your bones stretch or tear. These injuries can cause bruising, swelling, and pain. A strain or sprain can take 6 to 8 weeks to heal.
PRICE stands for Protection, Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation. Doing these things helps limit pain and swelling after an injury.
A healthy knee allows you to walk, squat, and turn without pain.