Partial Knee Replacement Recovery Story (6 months post-op)

At The Stone Clinic's #RoboticJointCenter, we specialize in performing technologically advanced, athletic partial knee replacements that permit our patients to return to full activity-including running.
We have patients now running triathlons and (ultra)marathons, climbing mountains, and skiing a hundred days a year on the replaced parts inside their knees. Taking advantage of the groundbreaking innovations in robotic knee replacement surgery, patients like Laura can extend their athletic careers and maintain their quality of life for many years to come with a partial knee replacement.
You may learn more about Laura's MAKO robotic partial knee replacement program and how our team can help patients return to running at: www.stoneclinic.com/partial-k...
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My name is Laura and I had a I guess knee osteoarthritis that had resulted from a previous meniscectomy. And the treatment that I had at The Stone Clinic was a lateral knee replacement.
In 2011, I was pulling up a weed in my yard of all things, and it was a Scotch Broom, so it's a very large weed but it has a very small root system. And the root system gave way, the weed came up and I felt a pop in my knee. And my knee in the next 24 hours, it froze up pretty badly actually to the point where I really couldn't walk very well. I went and had it checked out. They did an MRI. The MRI was inconclusive. And then they sent me to physical therapy. I went to physical therapy for a year with no improvements. And actually, my knee gradually declined in functionality. And it would periodically, it would lock up and it would cause enormous pain.
Finally a year after my injury, a little over a year after my injury, I went to see another doctor. The other doctor said I don't even need to look at your MRIs. I know you have a meniscus tear. You need surgery. So I had the meniscectomy. And unfortunately, after the first meniscectomy, I didn't really get enough instructions on what to do afterwards. And so I, I went back to doing things too quickly, I think. And I, my knee was never right. It was better than it was because it was no longer locking up. However, I had persistent pain and swelling in the knee which was limiting my, my activities. It was I wasn't able to play tennis, which I was now a tennis player before my knee injury. I wasn't able to run more than a day at a time without having pain.
I finally came to Dr. Stone earlier in 2022. And I, I just, we talked about my previous treatments and what was going on, and he took a look at the X-rays and he said it's time for a partial knee replacement, it's time for a knee replacement. And on and so I and I also talked to several other people whether or not this was where I was going and they agreed with Dr. Stone. And so I decided to go through with the knee replacement. And so I had the knee replacement in May of 2022, and today is about six months after my knee replacement.
So since I had the knee replacement you know, obviously it was quite a surgery. I you know, definitely over the last six months, my knee, knee swelling has been gradually going down. It's it's, I've, I have way less swelling than I've ever had that I've had since my surgery, since my first surgery. And so I, you know, obviously I went through physical therapy, which was huge in, in helping the, helping the knee rebuild itself and resolve itself. And so and so I'm, my knee is free from pain right now. I have full range of motion, which I did not have before my knee surgery. And one, that was also one of the major reasons why I went for the knee surgery, cuz my, my range of motion was very much impaired. So I have full range of motion, I have, I'm rebuilding the strength in my knee and I have zero pain. Even when running I've been, I've been able to run a mile with no problem. I've been able to play racket sports with no problem. So definitely a great outcome.
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