The Knee Replacement Recovery Manual: A Practical Week-by-Week Guide for the First 12 Months (Joint Recovery)
Language: English
Published by Independently published, 2026
Series: Book 3 of 4 - Joint Recovery
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- Title
- The Knee Replacement Recovery Manual: A Practical Week-by-Week Guide for the First 12 Months (Joint Recovery)
- Author
- Struijk, J.M.
- Publisher
- Independently published
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798195147631
- Series
- Book 3 of 4: Joint Recovery
The Recovery Manual You Wish Your Surgeon Had Time to Write
You're facing knee replacement — or considering it — and the information you've found is either too clinical to be useful or too vague to answer your real questions. This book bridges that gap.
It's a comprehensive, week-by-week guide covering the full journey: from the decision to have surgery, through the first year of recovery, and beyond. Written for the patient, not the practitioner.
The practical answers you actually need:
- When is it time? A clear framework for the decision
- What to ask your surgeon — and how to evaluate the answers
- Six weeks of pre-surgery preparation that meaningfully improves outcomes
- Day-by-day expectations for surgery week and the critical first 14 days
- Red flags vs. normal recovery sensations — how to tell the difference
- The real timeline for returning to driving, work, sex, exercise, and travel
- What to do when recovery doesn't go as planned
- Long-term care for years and decades after surgery
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A working manual, not just a reference.
Twenty-two appendices give you trackable worksheets, checklists, and reference cards you'll actually use:
- A daily pain and medication log
- A red-flag quick-reference card to keep on your phone
- A range-of-motion progress chart
- A return-to-work planning worksheet
- And eighteen more
The data you record becomes valuable information for your surgical team.
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What this book covers:
- Total knee replacement (TKR) and partial knee replacement (PKR)
- Modern implants and surgical approaches, including robotic-assisted surgery
- Multimodal pain management and opioid weaning
- Physical therapy expectations through Week 12
- Manipulation under anesthesia (MUA) — what it actually is and when it's used
- Bilateral knee replacement and the second-knee decision
- When to advocate for yourself, get second opinions, or pursue revision
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Who this book is for:
- Patients facing or considering knee replacement
- Caregivers supporting someone through recovery (Chapter 12 is written for you)
- Patients mid-recovery looking for answers
- Patients facing the second knee, applying lessons from the first
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This book is a research compilation drawing on guidance from major medical organizations and the lived experience of patients across the recovery community. It is not medical advice — it provides the context and tools you need for informed conversations with your surgical team.
If you've been searching for honest, organized, practical information about what's actually coming — this book delivers it.
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