Al Roker returned to the show less than one month after a total knee replacement surgery.
that Al was on the mend but not as quick to get back on his feet, as the revision was a"harder surgery."
“It’s a little bit harder to snap back from, but he’s doing pretty well, moving a little slowly,” said Roberts. She thanked Al's followers for their concern and interest in Al's well-being. during a video call to TODAY to update fans on his progress. “I’ve had a number of body replacements. It’s not a big surprise, this one has been the toughest one yet because they had to take out the old one, which had some complications, and then put in a new one," Al told his co-hosts on the Third Hour of TODAY.Holding up a photo of the X-ray on his phone for viewers, Al explained what went into his new knee."There’s a hinge that goes all the way up into the femur down to the tibia and then there’s a hinge in between," he said.
"They really had to do a lot of work to get the old stuff out and the new hardware in. Plus, there’s a titanium cone in there for the bone to grow around." He noted that he had been focusing on taking it easy and doing outpatient physical therapy at the hospital for his knee. On May 15, Al said he would be doing three days of physical rehabilitation per week for “a few months” to get himself back up to speed.
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