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Four Perfectly Good Reasons to Skip Prehab
It’s Expensive Money is tight and I have to keep my powder dry for when I’ll really need it- after the surgery. Or I can just do what my HMO Physical Therapist gives me. I don’t have time or attention for this I have to get ahead on my work and make all these arrangements. I’m…
Don’t I get a whole new body?
You have pain and restriction now, and you’re going to have it after the surgery too. But it’s going to be improving (unlike the degenerative arc we’ve been on) as LONG as we are committing and investing in positive outcomes. My biggest fear going into this was that the surgery was not going to solve all…
Organize a Fundraiser for Your Recovery
Asking a hundred (ideally several hundred) people in your life to pay for visits to the chiropractor is likely the last thing you can imagine putting on your plate right now. But if your piggy bank is empty, this is what I’m suggesting. What you really need is a friend or family member to take on…
Scar Minimization Technique
Whether or not you’re concerned with the appearance of your surgical scar(s), you don’t want below-the-surface adhesions to cause you pain and limitation. Here’s a very easy to understand and manageable approach, courtesy of Sue Hitzmann of the Melt Method: If you have had an anterior hip replacement, you might also want to see me…
You’ll need to quit smoking
If you’re a smoker, your surgeon will require you to quit smoking, for a whole set of reasons related to how it compromises your cardiovascular and respiratory systems. There’s a very good mind-training CD for this. By the way, this is equally true for smoking cannabis, if that’s something you do. Medical cannabis has been…