Excellent Knee Replacement Recovery Tips

Get Support Handles Around The Home

Doctors often recommend patients get support handles around the home before surgery. This is especially important as strength in their legs is reduced during the initial recovery period, placing patients at a greater risk of falling and injuring the knee. Any fall could be a serious setback in the patient's recovery, and it could potentially mean a patient would need additional surgery. Patients will need to use walkers and canes at first, and they should have support bars installed in their bathroom. These are particularly useful in showers and by toilets. Handrails should also be placed at all staircases, and patients may also benefit from the use of shower benches, dressing sticks, and reaching sticks to help them grab objects without having to bend the knee.