Condition · Joint Replacement
Total Knee Replacement Recovery — In-Home PT, Orange County
After a TKR, getting to a clinic is exhausting and painful. Dr. Vu brings the full PT program to your living room — manual therapy, exercise, and gait training — so you can focus on getting strong, not driving.
Recovery Phases
What Your Plan Looks Like
Weeks 0–2
Swelling & Motion
Edema control, scar mobility, achieving 0° extension and 90°+ flexion, safe transfers and walker use.
Weeks 2–6
Strength & Gait
Quad firing, step-ups, normalized walking, stair training, transition off assistive devices.
Weeks 6–16
Return to Life
Progressive strength, balance, agility for golf, hiking, pickleball, gardening — back to the activities you missed.
What We Do
In-Home Care for Knee Replacement
We follow modern rapid-recovery TKR protocols with daily range-of-motion progression, edema control, gait normalization, and progressive strengthening. Most patients walk unassisted within 3–6 weeks and return to golf, hiking, and pickleball by month 3–4.
- Soft tissue mobilization for swelling and scar tissue
- Manual joint mobilization to recover flexion and extension
- Quad and glute strengthening with portable equipment
- Stair, curb, and uneven-surface training
- Pain education and edema management
- Communication with your orthopedic surgeon
FAQ
Common Questions
When should in-home PT start after knee replacement?
Within the first 1–3 days after discharge. Early ROM and gait work dramatically improve long-term outcomes.
Will Medicare cover this?
Medicare home health (free) only covers PT if you're formally homebound. Once you can leave the house with a walker, concierge in-home PT is a great bridge to full recovery — see our Medicare guide for details.
How many visits will I need?
Most TKR patients do well with 2 visits/week for 4–6 weeks, then 1/week for 4–6 weeks.