Can I Squat and Pray After Knee Replacement? Returning to True Freedom

You have been struggling to walk or climb stairs for years due to severe knee pain, yet you keep avoiding the idea of surgery. We understand the reason perfectly.

In many cultures and traditions, sitting on the floor to play with grandchildren, sitting cross-legged during social gatherings, and, of course, kneeling in deep devotion for prayer are inseparable parts of daily life. Many of our patients come to our clinic with one major, justified fear:

"Doctor, if I get a knee replacement, will my knee become as stiff as a board? Will I never be able to sit on the floor again, and will I have to pray on a chair for the rest of my life?"

If you have been enduring pain for years, allowing your bones to deteriorate further, and forcing yourself to live a restricted life in a chair because of this fear, let us give you the reassuring news: The belief that a replaced knee will never bend again is an outdated urban myth. Modern medicine has advanced to a point where it is ready to free you from that restricted life and restore your flexibility.

Debunking the Myth: "High-Flexion" Smart Implants

While the older generation of implants used in the past successfully provided the 105-115 degrees of bending required for walking, climbing stairs, or getting up from a chair, they did not allow for deeper knee bends. This understandably created a prejudice against knee replacement surgeries in society, associating them with "restricted movement."

However, technology has completely evolved today. We use state-of-the-art, "High-Flexion" knee implants that flawlessly mimic human anatomy.

• These modern smart implants are specifically designed to allow the knee to bend up to 135 to 155 degrees (full flexion).
• This deep bending angle provides more than enough natural flexibility to safely squat, sit cross-legged, and kneel.

Answering the Big Questions: Is Kneeling and Praying Still a Dream?

Let's provide clear, direct answers to the most critical questions weighing on our patients' minds:

• Can I kneel on a prayer rug to pray after the surgery? Yes. Once your recovery process is complete and with your doctor's approval, you can comfortably kneel and pray by using a soft pad or a thick prayer rug for support.
• Can I sit cross-legged on the floor? Yes. Thanks to your new high-flexion knee and muscles stretched through physical therapy, your joints will regain this natural flexibility. You can comfortably spend time on the floor with your family.

Seeing the tears of joy and spiritual peace of our patients—who were forced to pray on a chair for years due to severe arthritis—finally returning to their prayer rugs months after surgery is the greatest professional reward for us. You, too, can experience this spiritual peace and physical freedom once again.

The Real Secret to Flexibility: Flawless Surgery and Early Mobility

Of course, simply taking the best and most expensive implant out of the box is not enough for flexibility. That implant must be placed into your bone at millimetric angles, perfectly aligning with your natural ligament balance.

This is exactly where the international surgical expertise of the DMN Orthospine team comes into play. The most crucial factor determining the lifespan and flexibility of the implant is the surgeon's precision and biomechanical mastery during the operation.

Furthermore, the path to a fully bending knee starts the moment you leave the operating room:

• The very day after your surgery, you will stand up, walk, and begin range-of-motion exercises accompanied by our physiotherapists.
• These early physical therapy applications prevent the formation of stiff scar tissue and play the most vital role in helping your knee rapidly achieve its full bending (flexion) angle.

Reclaim Your Freedom with the DMN Orthospine Difference

At the DMN Orthospine Clinic, our primary goal as Dr. Sedat Duman and Dr. Muhammed Duman is not just to eliminate your mechanical knee pain or restore your ability to walk. We aim to completely give you back your cultural values, habits, and daily life routines that make you who you are.

That pain-free and free life you have been postponing—confining yourself to a chair—is much closer than you think. You don't even have to travel miles to initiate this process. By securely sending us your or your loved one's current X-ray images, you can instantly benefit from our "Free Online Video Consultation" service. Leave your unfounded fears behind and let's free your life together with our expert surgeons.