Dr. Z PT, DPT | TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENT REHABILITATION
YOU CAN CALL ME
"DR. Z"
Dr. Zorré "Z" Kimura
PT, DPT
WHO I AM
I'm a PT who's been practicing since 1982, which is also around the time when my osteoarthritis had it's origin: While home in Hawaii, I wiped out surfing and tore the cartilage in my right knee. Rehab went well and I returned to an active lifestyle of running, rugby, and a side hustle of landscaping. I could no longer run after I turned 30 but I found fun in wake boarding and snow skiing that seemed okay on my knees.
After my first trip to Europe on 2016, I realized I would be looking at knee replacement surgery if I wanted to keep up with the family on future vacations. My right knee replacement in February of 2018 did not go off without a hitch as I had a blood clot and my bladder shut down requiring an extended period with a foley catheter after surgery. I was able to share my story with fellow therapists and nurses in a seminar last year, and my experience as a patient has given me a much greater understanding of the entire process involved with undergoing joint replacement surgery.
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My wife Rebecca and I in Ischia, Italy in 2016
WHY I DO THIS
Knowing that my future includes not only my current left knee replacement done in September of 2019, but also a probable left hip replacement in 2020, I thought I could be of service to patients and therapists and family members who wanted more than the excessively gruesome surgical videos, or the highly polished rehab promos. While we've made great strides in the easy of hip replacements over the past decade, knee surgery continues to be a bear with a post operative course which is really hard to predict, even if you're in the best of physical shape.
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Rebecca and I with our two daughters Sam and Alex in Northern California
WHAT I CAN DO FOR YOU
I hope that through my surgery you can prepare yourself mentally and physically for the journey that awaits you. I wish that you can go through your recovery with minimal bumps in the road, but I want you to know that if you do feel like your progress is slow, the struggle is real.
It is important to be healthy as you can going into surgery, and combine that with knowledge to help you tackle each hurdle with healthy and realistic expectations.
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