Joint Replacement Advice from a Three-Surgery Survivor
A: "For 3 or 4 weeks before surgery, work on your upper body strength.
"You will use your arm muscles in ways you never thought possible: just to get out of bed, to raise yourself in bed with the suspended triangle, and to turn yourself over.
"Believe me, if the nurses and aides have to pull you up or reposition you without your help, it hurts a LOT more."
By — Last Modified: 03/28/2012, First Published: 09/15/2011
