Joint Replacement

When should I get joint replacement surgery?

Before recommending joint replacement surgery, Pioneer Peak Orthopedics explores alternate, less invasive options with their patients. The dedicated team takes the most conservative route to healing possible for each of their patients. 

For example, dedicated, personalized physical therapy with the practice’s expert coaches and therapists in the top-of-the-line on-site physical therapy gym makes a dramatic difference for many patients.

When you’ve explored all of your other treatment options and are still experiencing debilitating joint pain and loss of mobility, it’s time to think about joint replacement surgery. 

Although the procedure is invasive, and you will have limited mobility during your recovery period, a joint replacement can give you a new lease on life.

If you’re ready to live life without pain or stiffness in the affected joint, ask Pioneer Peak Orthopedics about your joint replacement options. 

What happens during joint replacement?

Joint replacement surgery involves general anesthesia so you can sleep comfortably as your joint is replaced. 

As you sleep, your surgeon at Pioneer Peak Orthopedics removes damaged cartilage, bone, and tissue. In their place, they insert a replacement joint. Artificial joints have become more effective and longer-lasting in recent years. 

Once your replacement joint is in place, your surgeon closes the surgery site, and you start your healing process, which includes physical therapy at Pioneer Peak Orthopedics. 

Their on-site physical therapists can help you minimize pain and swelling while increasing mobility in your new joint. The personalized physical therapy they offer helps you heal faster and get the most out of your new joint. 

For which joints is a replacement available?

The surgeons at Pioneer Peak Orthopedics can replace a wide range of joints. Some of their areas of expertise include:

• Hip replacements
• Knee replacements
• Ankle replacements
• Shoulder replacements

If you have a joint that regularly bothers you, talk to the team at Pioneer Peak Orthopedics about your options. 

They develop a conservative but innovative treatment plan for you that’s designed to relieve your pain and restore your mobility. If your plan includes joint replacement, their expert surgeons are available to you.

If you think you’re ready for a joint replacement, call Pioneer Peak Orthopedics to request your appointment today.