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Episode 41: Why Am I Still Walking So Slowly? What Your Walking Speed Reveals About Knee Recovery—and Why Slower Doesn’t Mean Failure
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In episode 41 of the Total Knee Success podcast, Michelle explains why walking speed often feels slower than expected after knee replacement and why this does not signal failure or poor effort. She describes walking speed as a functional vital sign, explains what common walking speeds in meters per second tend to reflect during recovery, and reviews research showing that improvement unfolds gradually and along different trajectories. The episode explores how strength, balance, pain, and confidence influence pace, and offers practical guidance on how to interpret walking speed as useful feedback. Listeners are guided from uncertainty to clarity, learning how walking speed can inform smarter recovery decisions rather than drive fear or self-comparison.
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