The Management Of Pain After Lower Joint Replacement
Lower joint replacement usually refers to knee or hip replacement surgery. Many who wait for such an operation are often a bit anxious about what post operative discomfort that are going to suffer. At least they know the extent of the pain they are now suffering, but are wary of the unknown. Although surgery offers a long term solution you can expect an amount of pain during your rehabilitation. Sometimes where there is hip replacement surgery the quads, being the upper thigh muscles are too tight, in fact some surgeons suggest a lack of exercise prior to the operation to relax them a bit. If after surgery they are deemed to be too tight therefore restricting rehabilitation then massage therapy is a way of relaxing those big muscles. In general post operative pain is controlled by medication at first as the immediate area maybe too tender for a direct tissue massage. However, as soon as the patient is able to withstand this it usually yields great results in the reduction of pai...