Knee and hip replacement guides

Find the joint-replacement answer that fits today

Before surgery, you may be trying to prepare a chair, entry step, or caregiver plan. After surgery, the question may be swelling, knee motion, a walking-aid change, or travel. Start with the question that belongs to today—you don’t need to read every guide.

Choose one stage below and continue to the focused guide. We provide mobile outpatient physical therapy throughout all Dallas–Fort Worth when outpatient care is appropriate.

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Start with today’s recovery question

These guides provide education and help you prepare questions. Instructions from the surgical team for medication, wound care, weight bearing, and joint precautions take priority.

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Before surgery

Before surgery: prepare the person, home, and support plan

Use the guide that matches the decision you need to make. Prehabilitation addresses movement preparation, the home checklist addresses the physical setting, and the caregiver guide addresses how another person can help.

Joint replacement prehabilitation in DFWIdentify a chair rise, step, car movement, or walking route to examine and practice before the procedure. DFW home preparation checklistReview the chair, entry, bathroom route, sleeping area, and walking spaces expected after surgery. Joint replacement caregiver guidePrepare questions about helping at home without replacing instructions from the surgical team.

The first two weeks after knee replacement

First days and weeks: choose the concern that’s changing

Use the broad early-recovery guide when you need an overview. Use the warning-sign guide for a new change that may belong in a call to the surgical team. Use the care-model comparison when written instructions name home health.

First two weeks after knee replacementOrganize questions about daily actions, rest, movement, and the instructions provided for this stage. Warning signs after joint replacementSeparate a routine recovery question from a change that needs medical guidance. Home health vs. mobile physical therapyClarify the service model named in the discharge or referral instructions. Transition from home healthExamine the chair rise, step, car movement, or longer walk that remains difficult after discharge.

When one knee question becomes specific

Later recovery: follow the action or measurement

A swelling question, a range-of-motion measurement, and a walking-aid decision require different comparisons. One page should not collapse them into a universal timeline.

Knee swelling and stiffness after replacementOrganize what changed and what you want to discuss with the clinician directing recovery. Knee replacement range-of-motion milestonesUnderstand how a measurement may be discussed without treating one number or date as a guaranteed result. Build walking endurance safelyUse a gradual walking progression and your symptom response to rebuild everyday endurance safely. Stalled knee replacement recoveryReview common reasons progress can plateau and the questions to bring to your surgeon or physical therapist.

When travel or support becomes the next question

Planning travel, caregiving, or the next care setting

The travel guide helps organize questions about sitting, walking distances, and the timing of a trip. The caregiver guide helps another person prepare for assistance at home.

Travel after joint replacement in DFWPrepare questions about vehicle transfers, walking distances, sitting, and the timing of travel. Joint replacement caregiver guideSupport daily actions and communication without taking over decisions that belong to the surgical team.

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Zakaria Nadif, PT, DPT, founder of Argan Physiotherapy. — Zakaria Nadif, PT, DPT · Founder of Argan Physiotherapy

Mobile outpatient care across the Metroplex

Mobile outpatient physical therapy across Dallas–Fort Worth

We provide mobile outpatient physical therapy throughout all Dallas–Fort Worth when outpatient care is appropriate.

Tell us the procedure, current stage, and exact action or measurement you want to discuss. We’ll use that information when arranging the consultation.

Read about mobile outpatient physical therapy at home, work, or the gym or review the areas we serve throughout Dallas–Fort Worth.

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Common questions

How to use these guides without treating them as instructions

Which guide should I read first?

Choose the guide that matches your current stage and one immediate question. Before surgery, begin with preparation. After surgery, choose the early-stage guide or the page devoted to the measurement, walking aid, or travel question you are considering.

Are all of these guides for both hip and knee replacement?

No. Follow the procedure named in each guide. Several resources in this hub are specifically about knee replacement and should not be treated as hip-replacement instructions.

Do these guides provide a fixed recovery timeline?

No. A guide can explain what to measure or ask, but it cannot guarantee that a particular result will occur by a particular date. Use the instructions and decisions provided by the clinicians directing recovery.

Can I use a guide to change my walking aid or precautions?

Do not change a walking aid, weight-bearing instruction, or joint precaution solely because of a web guide. Discuss the change with the clinician directing recovery.

Does Argan provide home health?

No. We provide mobile outpatient physical therapy throughout all Dallas–Fort Worth. Read our home-health comparison if you are unsure which service has been recommended.

How do I ask about mobile outpatient physical therapy?

Use Book a physical therapy consultation, or Call or text (817) 330-9405. Tell us the procedure, current stage, and exact action or measurement you want to discuss.

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