Re: total knee replacement and cycling

[Guest guest]

1. can I expect to resume high level cycling?

2. will this severly decrease the life expectancy of the TKR?

Does anyone know of data that can help answer these questions?

Dear ,

I will take your post to answer this one and the one about volleyball. I think the big caution with joint replacement is high impact. Cycling, swimming, walking etc are not high impact sports and so my best guess is that they are fine. Volleyball will require much impact from jumping, running and then falling. I have been cycling every day as part of my recovery process for THR. I have an aunt that water skied. Her implant did not last that long. With all that said though, every person is different and so you should ask your physician to see what he/she says.

Vera

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Vera

You indirectly bring out a good point related to your aunt who water

skied. Perhaps some of the hippies on this site don't realize that

our phoney hip is like a car in one respect. The more we use it, the

sooner it wears out. We get a limited number of kilometres or miles.

We are in sort of a delemma. We need to exercise to function, but

the more we do things, the shorter the life of the prothesis.

However, the later models apparently are lasting much longer than

they used to, at least in France.

We are on two horns of a delemma!

That's life, I guess.

Staninfr

> > 1. can I expect to resume high level cycling?

> > 2. will this severly decrease the life expectancy of the TKR?

> >

> > Does anyone know of data that can help answer these questions?

> >

> Dear ,

> I will take your post to answer this one and the one about

volleyball. I

> think the big caution with joint replacement is high impact.

Cycling,

> swimming, walking etc are not high impact sports and so my best

guess is

> that they are fine. Volleyball will require much impact from

jumping,

> running and then falling. I have been cycling every day as part

of my

> recovery process for THR. I have an aunt that water skied. Her

implant did

> not last that long. With all that said though, every person is

different

> and so you should ask your physician to see what he/she says.

> Vera

[Guest guest]

Hi Stan,

Your right about that :-)

Have a nice day

SusieStan <sagebush2020@...> wrote:

VeraYou indirectly bring out a good point related to your aunt who water skied. Perhaps some of the hippies on this site don't realize that our phoney hip is like a car in one respect. The more we use it, the sooner it wears out. We get a limited number of kilometres or miles. We are in sort of a delemma. We need to exercise to function, but the more we do things, the shorter the life of the prothesis. However, the later models apparently are lasting much longer than they used to, at least in France.We are on two horns of a delemma!That's life, I guess.Staninfr> > 1. can I expect to resume high level cycling?> > 2. will this severly decrease the life expectancy of the TKR?> > > >

Does anyone know of data that can help answer these questions?> > > Dear ,> I will take your post to answer this one and the one about volleyball. I> think the big caution with joint replacement is high impact. Cycling,> swimming, walking etc are not high impact sports and so my best guess is> that they are fine. Volleyball will require much impact from jumping,> running and then falling. I have been cycling every day as part of my> recovery process for THR. I have an aunt that water skied. Her implant did> not last that long. With all that said though, every person is different> and so you should ask your physician to see what he/she says.> Vera

[Guest guest]

: I would suggest you do a search of the prosthetic

manufacturers. They do all sorts of data collection to prove their

prosthesis is better for ...whatever. So, they probably would know what

history is out there for professional level cyclists.

Good Luck! Marilyn

pclark1947 wrote:

>I am new to this group.

>I am 57 yrs. old and have been a competitive cyclist for the past few

>years.

>Recently arthritis in one knee is severly limiting my cycling due to

>pain and stiffness. For the past 4 years I have gotten a series of

>Synvisc or Suppartz injections. This time they have not been much help.

>My orthopedist says that I am a good candidate for TKR based on X-rays

>and symptoms. BUT he is hesitant because he does not know of any data

>about competitive cyclists and TKR. He does not know if I will be

>able to resume cycling at the level and intensity that I have in

>recent years. He has cycled with me so he has a good idea of what my

>expectations would be.

>I guess that the question should be broken down into two components:

>1. can I expect to resume high level cycling?

>2. will this severly decrease the life expectancy of the TKR?

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>Does anyone know of data that can help answer these questions?

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