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<blockquote data-quote="Gary Gittleson" data-source="post: 178511" data-attributes="member: 3625"><p>A few points. First of all, I forgot to mention that I have been an avid bicycle (yes, "push bike") rider for decades. I don't ride it so much now, having substituted hiking and my usual farm work. Not that I can't ride them, but I mostly rode a "mountain bike" in rough trails with two dogs following. Nearly every day for one hour. Somehow, it doesn't appeal to me so much and my current dogs are too small and (perhaps like me) too old. In any case, the bicycling was probably good preparation for the surgical insults that followed.</p><p></p><p>Kick backs. I've experienced more than my share of those. Greg Brillus says they're usually caused by a lean mixture, and I think he's right. I fixed that. But the kick backs never caused a problem, not in my knee or my artificial right hip. These joints have been in place now for nigh on to 10 years with no problems. One more point here. The kick backs always seem to occur when the knee is at least slightly bent. So the shock is absorbed by the quadriceps. I think. Either it's luck that the kick back doesn't happen at that exact instant when the leg is fully straight or the physics and mechanics of it make that unlikely.</p><p></p><p>Flexion. Yes, the closer to the original flexibility, the better. In my case I got around 135 to 140 degrees just three or four weeks after the operation. On more than one occasion a doctor will observe me waiting in the office chair and remark that I my replacements are obviously very good, based on the fact that my feet are comfortably tucked under the chair. Immediately after the operation, I was given a machine to assist with flexion. Later, I was told that they don't work and are no longer used but at least in my case, I think they do. Anyhow, I think it's worth it to push yourself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gary Gittleson, post: 178511, member: 3625"] A few points. First of all, I forgot to mention that I have been an avid bicycle (yes, "push bike") rider for decades. I don't ride it so much now, having substituted hiking and my usual farm work. Not that I can't ride them, but I mostly rode a "mountain bike" in rough trails with two dogs following. Nearly every day for one hour. Somehow, it doesn't appeal to me so much and my current dogs are too small and (perhaps like me) too old. In any case, the bicycling was probably good preparation for the surgical insults that followed. Kick backs. I've experienced more than my share of those. Greg Brillus says they're usually caused by a lean mixture, and I think he's right. I fixed that. But the kick backs never caused a problem, not in my knee or my artificial right hip. These joints have been in place now for nigh on to 10 years with no problems. One more point here. The kick backs always seem to occur when the knee is at least slightly bent. So the shock is absorbed by the quadriceps. I think. Either it's luck that the kick back doesn't happen at that exact instant when the leg is fully straight or the physics and mechanics of it make that unlikely. Flexion. Yes, the closer to the original flexibility, the better. In my case I got around 135 to 140 degrees just three or four weeks after the operation. On more than one occasion a doctor will observe me waiting in the office chair and remark that I my replacements are obviously very good, based on the fact that my feet are comfortably tucked under the chair. Immediately after the operation, I was given a machine to assist with flexion. Later, I was told that they don't work and are no longer used but at least in my case, I think they do. Anyhow, I think it's worth it to push yourself. [/QUOTE]
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