Dr. Joshua John-Ram SchacterDr. Joshua Schacter, DO FAAOS, is America’s Holistic Orthopedic Surgeon, with nearly two decades of surgical expertise.

Surgery can take FOREVER to recover from

13 Jul 2023 · 0 min

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Short transcript from a YouTube video by Dr. Joshua John-Ram Schacter discussing recovery timelines: knee replacements can take about 2–5 years to reach maximal improvement; patients are typically upset for ~6 weeks to 3 months post-op; stem cell or PRP treatments have very little downtime.

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About two to five years.

About six weeks to three months.

They have very little downtime.

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