Orthopedic surgeon Christopher Ellis explains that knee replacement recovery depends as much on mindset as physical therapy. Pain spikes when the nerve block wears off, then gradually improves with movement. How you mentally frame the discomfort either slows healing or speeds it up.
Mind game, getting a knee replacement. That's all my patients tell me that they are just up and down like a roller coaster with their mindset around the pain, their function. You know, I'm not gonna lie, it is one of the most painful rehab processes, but it's gonna mess with your mind and the way you perceive the pain can greatly augment your experience or make it worse, I should say. So, you know, when you first get it done, you might feel pretty good because you got a nerve block in that leg, and that nerve block will wear off. You'll have an increase in pain, and then you'll start your rehab, start moving it because it is prone to stiffness, by the way. That's one thing everyone says, I can't sit through a meal, it gets so stiff, I have to move it. And movement is a key for a knee replacement. It starts to feel a little bit better, you start doing a little more, and then you get
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