Alright this is going to be hypothical mostly.
I was talking with my wife's uncle, and he recently (this fall) just had surgery for his knee and had a total knee replacement. He was stating that his doctor stated he can never run again (not that he was much of a runner before). I inquired if this also included barefoot running, and he stated that he actually made this inquiry (mostly for fun I assume), and his doctor stated "yes". I further asked why this was so, and my wife's uncle stated that it was because of the increased impact force.
Well I'm not a doctor but if I were to decrease the amount of impact I would have recomended barefoot running over regular running unless the impact was still too great. When you have runners who have no measurable impact (like Ken Bob), I would have thought that it may be at least remotely possible if this is the concern.
Is it possible for a person that has had a total knee replacement to run again, and if so would barefoot running be a better alternative to regular shod, coffin shoe running?
Note he is still healing from the surgery, and he is not considering running in the future, but it mostly was a hypothetical scenario. scenarioscenar
I was talking with my wife's uncle, and he recently (this fall) just had surgery for his knee and had a total knee replacement. He was stating that his doctor stated he can never run again (not that he was much of a runner before). I inquired if this also included barefoot running, and he stated that he actually made this inquiry (mostly for fun I assume), and his doctor stated "yes". I further asked why this was so, and my wife's uncle stated that it was because of the increased impact force.
Well I'm not a doctor but if I were to decrease the amount of impact I would have recomended barefoot running over regular running unless the impact was still too great. When you have runners who have no measurable impact (like Ken Bob), I would have thought that it may be at least remotely possible if this is the concern.
Is it possible for a person that has had a total knee replacement to run again, and if so would barefoot running be a better alternative to regular shod, coffin shoe running?
Note he is still healing from the surgery, and he is not considering running in the future, but it mostly was a hypothetical scenario. scenarioscenar