{"id":18307,"date":"2025-05-27T17:25:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T17:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/new-knee-new-life\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T17:25:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T17:25:44","slug":"new-knee-new-life","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/news\/new-knee-new-life\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u00f3mo una pr\u00f3tesis de rodilla cambi\u00f3 la vida de un hombre de New Bedford\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul pas\u00f3 gran parte de su vida como conductor de camiones comerciales, bajando de las cabinas de los camiones y los remolques despu\u00e9s de pasar horas en el asiento del conductor, lo que sobrecargaba sus articulaciones, que a menudo le dol\u00edan.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

En 2016, sufri\u00f3 una ca\u00edda por las escaleras de su casa y se rompi\u00f3 el m\u00fasculo cu\u00e1driceps y los tendones que lo unen en la pierna izquierda. Fue entonces cuando conoci\u00f3 al Jefe de Ortopedia de Southcoast Health, Dr. Michael Langworthy<\/a>que repar\u00f3 la lesi\u00f3n con un tend\u00f3n de cad\u00e1ver. Pero, por desgracia, Paul volvi\u00f3 a lesion\u00e1rselo pocas semanas despu\u00e9s de la operaci\u00f3n.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Durante este tiempo, Paul empez\u00f3 un nuevo trabajo en una empresa de almacenamiento en fr\u00edo de Fall River. El dolor, con el que convivi\u00f3 durante ocho a\u00f1os, nunca desapareci\u00f3, y la pierna le palpitaba en los 10 grados bajo cero del congelador industrial donde trabajaba. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Fue insoportable\", dijo Paul, natural de New Bedford, que comparte una casa bifamiliar en la ciudad con su novia de toda la vida, una hija y un nieto que viven en el piso de arriba, y varios perros. \"Era como un muerto viviente\". <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A finales del invierno pasado, el dolor se agrav\u00f3 tanto que fue al Centro de Urgencias Baldwin Makepeace del Hospital Tobey<\/a>. Le remitieron de nuevo al Dr. Langworthy, quien le dijo que ten\u00eda que someterse a una operaci\u00f3n de sustituci\u00f3n de la rodilla izquierda. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"El Dr. Langworthy me dijo que no ser\u00eda f\u00e1cil, pero que mejorar\u00eda mi vida\", afirma. Paul ley\u00f3 la documentaci\u00f3n facilitada y vio un v\u00eddeo sobre la operaci\u00f3n para saber qu\u00e9 esperar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

La operaci\u00f3n de pr\u00f3tesis de rodilla se realiz\u00f3 en Hospital St. Luke<\/a> en marzo de 2024, y Paul pudo volver a casa al d\u00eda siguiente. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"El Dr. Langworthy es un tipo directo\", dijo Paul. \"Te lo explica todo muy bien y te da confianza. Todo el personal fue muy bueno, y todo sali\u00f3 muy bien. Pero al principio fue inc\u00f3modo\". Al principio, Paul tuvo que utilizar un andador para desplazarse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tres semanas despu\u00e9s de la pr\u00f3tesis de rodilla, comenz\u00f3 su rehabilitaci\u00f3n en Fisioterapia Southcoast<\/a> en Faunce Corner Road, en Dartmouth, donde trabaj\u00f3 con su equipo terap\u00e9utico dos veces por semana durante tres meses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Trabajaron en mi amplitud de movimiento, viendo cu\u00e1nto pod\u00eda doblarla, y segu\u00ed fortaleci\u00e9ndome\", dijo. \"Southcoast es genial. No puedo decir suficientes cosas buenas de la gente de all\u00ed\". <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A mediados de verano ya hac\u00eda ejercicio por su cuenta, se ejercitaba en la piscina, paseaba a sus perros, jugaba con su nieto y montaba en una bicicleta est\u00e1tica que le regalaron para su casa. Y volvi\u00f3 a su trabajo en Ice Cube Cold Storage, en Fall River, donde realiza tareas de mantenimiento, aunque ya no trabaja en el congelador. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Me siento bien\", dijo. \"Estoy muy contento de estar donde estoy. Me dijeron que me cambiar\u00eda la vida, y as\u00ed ha sido\". <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Para obtener m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre los servicios ortop\u00e9dicos de Southcoast Health, visite<\/em>Tratamientos Ortop\u00e9dicos MA & RI | Southcoast Health<\/em><\/a>.<\/em> <\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":18308,"template":"","categories":[1231],"class_list":["post-18307","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patient-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHow a Knee Replacement Changed a New Bedford Man\u2019s Life\u00a0 - Southcoast Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Paul spent much of his life as a commercial truck driver, hopping down from truck cabs and trailers after hours in the driver\u2019s seat, putting stress on his joints, which often ached.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/new-knee-new-life\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How a Knee Replacement Changed a New Bedford Man\u2019s Life\u00a0 - 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