"BALANCED" TRAINING POST JOINT REPLACEMENT!

 "BALANCED" TRAINING POST JOINT REPLACEMENT!

Knee or hip joint replacement is quite a routine procedure now-a-days. It's an established 'gold-standard' solution for severely arthritic joints. Joint replacement is the surgery which gets you back on track with painfree activities! 

This is the expected happy outcome, but it requires consistent focused efforts post surgery. These efforts have to be put in by the patient and his/her physiotherapist to regain knee movement & strength. Physiotherapy gets you back up and about, walking and doing all activities independently. 

Generally, there is a tendency to stop physiotherapy after you are able to walk independently inside the house or climb a few steps. Because of this most patients miss out on a huge chunk of advanced rehabilitation which is necessary for activities like-

1. Walking longer distances
2. Walking on crowded roads, uneven roads, slippery roads
3. Walking on different surfaces like sand, stones, soft tiles
4. Walking on slopes
5. Getting up from sofas of low height

What to do to get back your confidence in such activities??

The missing link in your post-operative training is BALANCE AND PROPRIOCEPTIVE training...

What is BALANCE AND PROPRIOCEPTIVE TRAINING??

Just good muscle strength is not enough to be able to do all the various and unpredictable activities we need to do. We need to train our brain to recognize signals from joints and act quickly to get smooth, confident movements!

This superpower is called proprioception and is naturally present in all joints! We start to loose this 'sixth' sense due to chronic pain, joint deformity or muscle weakness....

This is what we need to get back our balance and confidence!!

HUBER 360- A Balance training device!

Now, getting back your joint's 'sixth' sense is a very easy and fun journey!! 

HUBER 360 is a device with a motorized platform, which let's you perform various target-based movements on a moving platform! It's just like a video game where you get points for the right movements!!

HUBER 360 works on the principle of "TRAIN YOUR BRAIN"!

Exercising on this device trains your brain to respond quickly to unexpected movements, trains your brain to maintain your balance even if your attention is focused elsewhere and so makes sure that your brain never lets you fall!!

This is sure to make you confident for any unpredictable activity!!

Currently, HUBER 360 is available only at Rehab Station in Pune! Physiotherapists at Rehab Station have developed a HUBER 360 exercise protocol specifically for patients post knee/hip replacement.

Contact on +91 8888833508 to avail individualized physiotherapy post knee/hip replacement!

-Dr. Shriya Joshi (PT)

Senior Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist

Rehab Station, Pune

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