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A member asked:

What if you start walking 2 weeks earlier then your doctor told you too after knee microfracture surgery?

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What?: Sorry but that's just plain foolish. Please rethink that and speak with your surgeon before you do some serious damage to yourself.

Dr Jacobson agreed

Answered 9/28/2016

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