Advice from Scottsdale AZ orthopedist

http://www.scottsdalejointcenter.com/patient-education/total-knee-replacement-precautions/

http://www.scottsdalejointcenter.com/patient-education/total-knee-replacement-precautions/

Knee Pads

http://www.totalcomfortmedical.com

http://www.totalcomfortmedical.com

Precautions With Knee Replacements

AVOID KNEELING!


http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/health/03brod.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/health/03brod.html

FOR GOD'S SAKE, GET PRE-MEDICATED BEFORE A DENTAL PROCEDURE!!!  

• "It isn’t worth the risk. In the end if a person does get a knee infection they will have to have the original unit removed then a special box unit put in place for 3 months. The person will not be able to bend their knee for the 3 months. Then once the area tests clean of an infection they will do another full knee replacement. Imagine how much pain and suffering the person will go through not to mention the cost compared to an antibiotic before dental work. Not worth the risk and a law suit would suck for the dentist considering they refuse to give the prescription when the surgeon has said they are to provide it for the rest if the patients life. Until there is actual proof saying there is absolutely no chance of getting an infection I think they should have to provide a prescription for the antibiotics. Just my opinion especially since I have had 4 knee surgeries and I would be so angry if I got a knee infection from dental work!!"  (FROM CANADIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE)

  THERE'S A MUCH GREATER RISK WITH NOT GETTING PRE-MEDICATED AND THEN GETTING A KNEE INFECTION, THAN NOT RECEIVING ANTIBIOTICS.

Tree Box

Tree Box

When the ways of the world

become too much

I retreat to my Tree Box,

pull the covers up

and wait for the chaos to subside.

Above me a tree is spreading,

its limbs reaching far, providing comfort.

This, the Mother Tree,

is my nesting place,

nurturing my soul,

touching the world with its beauty,
creating homes for God's creatures.

In my Tree Box I can sit with my journal and pen
feeling the safety within,

And when I am ready,
I emerge from inside
refreshed
inspired,
a warrior again,
ready to confront
 the trials outside myself.




[As the desert ironwood grows, it alters the environment around itself, and creates a micro-habitat. Its dense canopy shades the ground under it, bringing temperatures down at least 15° F. Its seeds provide food for many doves, quail, and small rodents. Insects thrive in the ironwood canopy, which also attracts birds and reptiles. They make their home under and in the ironwood, providing prey for cactus owls, hawks and coyotes. ]

Knee Injury Exercises

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVTORtOzu-g



from Wellki


also, this link (exercise includes "the clam")

"Over Rated Exercise Machines":  https://www.outsideonline.com/1857921/10-most-overrated-exercises-and-what-do-instead

Thera - band Exercises

Consider printing this off and making a booklet...Company is in Ohio



http://www.thera-band.com/userfiles/file/thera-band_instruction_manual_v5.pdf

Gaga Article

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/australia-culture-blog/2014/mar/08/ohad-naharin-going-gaga-is-the-difference-between-dancer-and-gymnast

"I Am Well" video; "Heal Thyself Video"

"I Am Well"






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvF7m4gUi3o.com

"Heal Thyself"




courtesy of "The Reach,"  UK

REIKI

http://reikiinmedicine.org/daily-practice/how-to-practice-reiki-self-treatment/

very interesting arcticle

A Page from William Stafford's journal, March 1, 1993

"Someone said language was invented so we could hide behind our thoughts....

The optimist says it won't get dark.  The pessimist says it won't get light. And the world goes on...

Now the sun began to shout from below the horizon.  Throngs of birds changed their tent of music into a sound...So magical that I was both brave and afraid.

Little by little, the stars retired, leaving little polished circles on the sky for a while...

It is possible that some day like this will save the world."