Fitness Gear: Hip and Knee Replacements Can Be Helped With the New Physical Activity Monitor

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Monday, October 27, 2008

Hip and Knee Replacements Can Be Helped With the New Physical Activity Monitor

After hip and knee replacement therapy it can be difficult for people to get up and moving because of the pain. In most cases, a person has to go to rehabilitation for a short amount of time and then they are supposed to keep the activity going as they move forward on their own.

Many people have a problem with doing activity because it is still painful so they have a tendency to be more sedentary. Although it may seem like only older people have hip and knee replacements this can happen in younger athletes as well.

In order to combat this situation, Yorkshire-based Activ4Life®, has created the cutting edge ProV3.8 system that monitors patients at the pre and post operative stages. This gives the physician more information about the individual's lifestyle and allows them to create an exercise program that is better suited for the individual.

With this new information doctors will be able to help their patients create better lifestyle choices when it comes to treatment options, exercise routines, the best use of hospital care and more. This is the only system of its kind that can provide this type of information.

If you are someone who has had knee or hip replacements you probably have also had to go to rehabilitation. With this new method it could be interesting to see whether a home gym system could be put in place by your doctor after the initial rehabilitation. It seems that the reason that many people have a problem getting going is because of the pain but also because they have to go outside their homes.

Perhaps doctors could support their patients to do strength training using resistance bands or the fitness ball at home. Both of these methods used with a videotape or DVD could help a patient's recovery time. Doctors could actually have the physical therapist work on exercise routines the individual could use at home. This may help them improve their exercise lifestyle easier. Coupled with a better eating plan it could mean a healthier and fitter patient, to insure better recovery time.

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