Klapper advises people to bear as much weight as they can tolerate. He also provides his patients with two phone numbers of people who have had the same surgery. Stitches are usually removed a week after surgery. Around that same time, physical therapy begins. Unlike legendary quarterback Joe Namath, whose knees were immobilized in casts after surgery, today's physical rehabilitation actually begins in the recovery room.
Patients often begin continual passive motion exercises to prevent scar tissue from forming.
Movement also promotes healing by bathing the knee cartilage in joint fluid. But how successfully a person recovers from arthroscopic surgery often depends less on the surgeon's skill and more on the patient's will. It was incredible. Even with the best surgeon, if you don't do the rehabilitation you'll be worse off. In order to hasten her recovery, Yeoh worked a very intensive rehabilitation program 4 days a week.