How do you deal with arthritic knees when bowling?

[billf]

Hammer, my mother is your age. She had her knee replaced and was feeling better the next day pain wise. About a month later she was back to normal including going to the gym. Her hip replacement took a little bit longer. Knee surgery is a breeze (I've had ten total) but recovery depends on what exactly is getting done. Personally, I'm almost looking forward to when I get my knee replaced. Doc said to deal with the pain for as long as possible. That was 21 years ago.

[Hammer]

You know you are old when someone here tells you that you are their father's or mother's age on these boards. Thanks Bill me lad. Recovery is not fun I hear for knee replacement. They have to keep bending the knee after the operation so the knee gets back flexibility and scar tissue doesn't freeze your leg in one position. They bend
it until you start to scream for your mother. Or is it until you scream that your therapist is a ------ ------?

[AngeloPD]

take tylenol+codein or morphine before bowling, that will sure make the pain go away haha!

[billf]

You know you are old when someone here tells you that you are their father's or mother's age on these boards. Thanks Bill me lad. Recovery is not fun I hear for knee replacement. They have to keep bending the knee after the operation so the knee gets back flexibility and scar tissue doesn't freeze your leg in one position. They bend
it until you start to scream for your mother. Or is it until you scream that your therapist is a ------ ------?

What will make you feel old isn't that my mother had that surgery but that I turn 44 in three hours.

[AngeloPD]

What will make you feel old isn't that my mother had that surgery but that I turn 44 in three hours.

you and my mother has the same birthday! haha

[Hammer]

Yikes! My oldest daughter will be 43 this January and my youngest daughter will be 40 in March. Oh no, say it ain't so. Well Bill I can say you are around my daughters ages. God, I am old. Plus I am your mother's age. Boo hoo boo hoo, waaaah!

[The German Shepherd]

I will give you some advice that you will not regret heeding - try Osteo Biflex. At the end of last season y knees hurt so badly I thought about retiring or surgery. A parishioner of mine suggested Osteo Biflex and so I tried it. The difference is amazing. It takes 7-10 days to begin feeling the effects, but I can bowl 6 games now without pain.

Jay

[Hammer]

I bought a neoprene knee support at Wal-mart Friday. It is by a company called Mueller. It is a 4-way adjustable compression knee brace. You velcro it above the knee
and below the knee and then it has two velcro straps at the top part and two at the bottom part to adjust it as tight or loose as you want it. It has a hole in the middle for the knee cap. It seemed to give me the support I needed tonight at league bowl.

[backlasher]

I'm 66 too and have arthritis in one of my hips. Since I only live about 20 minutes from the Houston Medical Center, I've been to see some good doctors. I got a shot in the hip joint twice and it does help with the pain. The first shot lasted about 6 months.Eventually, I'll have to have the hip replaced but maybe not for a year or so. The surgeon who'll do it says a hip replacement isn't nearly as bad as a knee. Get the shot and I hope it helps for a long time.

[HughScot]

I wonder how long recovery is for knee surgery. If I get it done after league bowl is over in May will I be able to bowl league when it starts in September?

I had a partial knee replacement in August of 2010 on left leg and it was winter of 2011 before I could join a league. It's a real ***** but worth it. I had tons of pain and swelling before the surgery, it wasn't an option for someone as active as I am. But be very, very careful you get an excellent surgeon. It will be stiff but if you exercise and do all the stuff they tell you, it does improve.