KNEE REPLACEMENT

Of late TKR(Total Knee Replacement) surgery is on the rise because1.people are over weight 2.Walk seldom3.No care for the knees 4.Ill fitting shoes 5.Insurance 6.people have money 7.Majority think their problem would be corrected over night & they can run.8.People are living longer.9.Less pain thresh hold.
But majority of the cases the surgeon does not explain the other problems associated with TKR.No one think of the preventive aspect of worn out knees.
1.Do not operate if you can not lose weight before and after surgery.2.Better not to go for surgery if your tibia is bowed as shown in the picture above.3.Your pain may get worse after surgery4.Swelling of the knees and the lower limbs will continue for life.5.You have to take pain killers which you used to take before surgery.
If your knee joint and leg bones are straight as an arrow then you are lucky to under go TKR.Any how with every surgical procedure failure and success rates depends on so many factors but one thing you have to decide about the cost factor, weight loss, and physiotherapy.Just because some one has done it you too should follow suit is sheer foolishness, do not go for it.Simply you can not run nor you can use Indian type of squatting toilets after surgery.
Just watch how your weight is transmitted if your legs are bowed.