MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Joint Replacement Patient Education

• About Your Joint Replacement Surgery at the MaineHealth Scarborough Campus
• About Your Joint Replacement Surgery at the MaineHealth Portland Campus
• About Your Joint Replacement Surgery at the MaineHealth Biddeford or Sanford Campus
• Preparing the Skin Before Surgery
• About Your Anterior Hip Replacement (Direct Anterior and Anterolateral)
• About Your Posterior Hip Replacement Surgery
• Deciding about Hip Replacement Surgery
• How to Shower Before Hip Replacement Surgery
• Surgical Dressing Guide
• After Your Posterior Hip Replacement Surgery
• After Anterior Hip Replacement Surgery (Direct Anterior and Anterolateral)
• Dental Clearance Form - MaineHealth Orthopedics and Sports Medicine South Portland/Windham
• Dental Clearance Letter - MaineHealth Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Biddeford/Sanford
  
   

• About Your Joint Replacement Surgery at the MaineHealth Scarborough Campus
• About Your Joint Replacement Surgery at the MaineHealth Portland Campus
• About Your Joint Replacement Surgery at the MaineHealth Biddeford or Sanford Campus
• Preparing the Skin Before Surgery
• About Total Knee Replacement
• About Your Partial Knee Replacement Surgery
• After Total Knee Replacement Surgery
• After Your Partial Knee Replacement Surgery
• Deciding about Knee Replacement Surgery
• Knee Replacement Preoperative Exercises
• How to Shower Before Joint Replacement Surgery
• Next Day Knee Program
• Surgical Dressing Guide
• Dental Clearance Form - MaineHealth Orthopedics and Sports Medicine South Portland/Windham
• Dental Clearance Letter - MaineHealth Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Biddeford/Sanford

• About Your Joint Replacement Surgery at the MaineHealth Scarborough Campus
• About Your Joint Replacement Surgery at the MaineHealth Portland Campus
• About Your Joint Replacement Surgery at the MaineHealth Biddeford or Sanford Campus
• Preparing the Skin Before Surgery
• After Your Shoulder Replacement Surgery
• About Your Shoulder Replacement Surgery
• Deciding about Shoulder Replacement Surgery
• How to Shower Before Shoulder Surgery
• Shoulder Surgical Dressing
• Dental Clearance Form - MaineHealth Orthopedics and Sports Medicine South Portland/Windham
• Dental Clearance Letter - MaineHealth Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Biddeford/Sanford

• About Your Joint Replacement Surgery at the MaineHealth Scarborough Campus
• About Your Joint Replacement Surgery at the MaineHealth Portland Campus
• PREP Planner - MaineHealth Orthopedics and Sports Medicine South Portland/Windham
• Dental Clearance Form - MaineHealth Orthopedics and Sports Medicine South Portland/Windham
• Home Health Agencies in Maine
  
  
  
   

Learn about therapeutic exercises recommended by MaineHealth Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.

• Pre-operative Exercises for Total Hip, Partial Knee, and Total Hip Replacement Surgery
• Pre-operative Knee Exercises
• Pre-operative Hip Exercises
• Physical Therapy for Total Joint Replacement Video
• Shoulder Exercises Videos     

A quick and safe return to activity is key to preventing complications after joint replacement surgery. That's why MaineHealth rehabilitation therapists will start working with you right after surgery, often in your hospital room.

They will evaluate you sitting and standing and introduce exercises designed to improve joint mobility and strengthen the surrounding muscles. Muscles are the body's first line of defense, so the stronger your muscles are, the sooner you will recover.