Preparing For Your Joint Replacement: Part 1 - Fletcher Allen Health Care, Vermont
This video covers preparing for surgery, preparing your home, equipment you need, precautions, your hospital stay, exercises.
This video covers preparing for surgery, preparing your home, equipment you need, precautions, your hospital stay, exercises.
Take a virtual tour of our orthopedic facility in South Burlington.
This video covers exercises, at home after surgery, what will my new joint look like, signs and symptoms for concern, post-op visits, long term precautions.
Find out how Fletcher Allen orthopedic and rehabilitation specialists treat join pain by restoring or replacing hundreds of hips, knees and elbows each year.
Find out how Fletcher Allen orthopedic surgeons and rehabilitation specialists provide treatment for sports injuries that deliver results.
Dr. David Halsey, Fletcher Allen/UVM orthopedic surgeon, describes the Verilast advanced plastic implant for total knee replacements. This implant has the potential to double the life of traditional knee implants to 30 years.
Roger Frey, owner of Earl's Cyclery & Fitness, describes his spinal injury, and treatment at Fletcher Allen.
William Davis, Bloomfield, MI, discusses the knee replacement surgery he had at Fletcher Allen. Davis, an outdoor enthusiast, has returned to skiing, hiking, biking since his surgery.
Jesse Beck, 52, races on the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association’s New England Masters Circuit, was racing on a slalom course in New Hampshire when he blew out his knee coming around a turn.
David Brandt, an outdoor enthusiast from Upper Jay, N.Y. talks about his hip replacement surgery at Fletcher Allen.
Phil Guillion, from Vergennes, Vt. battled rheumatoid arthritis before a knee replacement at Fletcher Allen put the spring back in his step.
Rachel Baginski, a teenager from Charlotte, Vt., took advantage of a new scoliosis genetic test pioneered by a Fletcher Allen doctor.
Tim Dominick, M.D. discusses controlling pain through the use of ultrasound technology.
www.fletcherallen.org---Non-surgical treatments are presented as options before considering total joint replacement surgery.
www.fletcherallen.org--A discussion about the rehabilitation process after total joint replacement, and the importance of following a rehabilitation regimen.
www.fletcherallen.org--A discussion of the knee replacement implant design.
www.fletcherallen.org--A discussion about the materials used to make implants.
www.fletcherallen.org--Various medications can help alleviate joint pain, but they are not the only option.
www.fletcherallen.org--Information about arthritis and the most common kind, osteoarthritis.
www.fletcherallen.org--Information about implants used for hip replacement surgery.