Messages from some of our clients...
Client of 8+ years - Janet V. (Currently trains online)
Sue S. is also a client of 8+ years. (Currently trains online)
Sue’s knees were not great when we started, but her ortho told her that she wasn’t ready for a knee replacement. She worked through the discomfort in both knees for quite some time to build overall strength as she knew it was important for daily function and to help prepare her for her future knee surgery. She had a few other medical interruptions to her training, but always got right back to it when she could! Finally in early 2025 her ortho finally said that it was time and she could have her knee replacement scheduled! She knew that she didn’t want to go through this surgery twice, so she asked about doing them both at the same time…A DOUBLE KNEE REPLACEMENT?? Based on her resistance training and the strength that she had built,
he said YES and she was a good candidate for a DOUBLE!
We continued to train up until just before her surgery date, but we switched our focus to more specific exercises to get her muscles that support her knees as strong a possible for surgery and post surgery recovery. Sue had her DOUBLE Knee Replacement at the beginning of July 2025 and did fantastic! She went to all of her PT appointments, she followed all of her post op instructions and was able to start training with me again 1 month post surgery, 1x a week to start . We worked on her post op exercises as she continued to complete her PT sessions and within a couple of months she was back to training 2x a week and gradually lifting heavier!
She continues to do very well with her 2 new knees and is one very active Grammy!
