The Next Step
A practical guide to preparation, recovery, and getting back to everyday life after knee replacement surgery.
A clinician-authored companion for patients and families, following the whole journey: the decision, preparation, surgery, the transition home, rehabilitation, and the return to daily life.
Published English edition · ISBN 978-965-596-266-6 · Direct rights contact
The journey beyond surgery day.
The questions start before a surgery date is set and continue long after discharge. The Next Step helps readers understand what lies ahead, prepare with their care team, and navigate the practical and emotional demands of recovery.
Decide
Understand the choice, expectations, and questions worth asking.
Prepare
Build strength, arrange support, and make home more manageable.
Navigate surgery
Know what the hospital phase and first movements may involve.
Recover at home
Work through pain, swelling, sleep, safety, and daily routines.
Return to life
Move through rehabilitation, setbacks, and regained independence.
Read the voice of the book.
The review PDF brings together an introduction, selected chapters, and practical pages from the published edition. It is designed to show both the book's patient-centered approach and the concrete help it gives readers.
Selected pages are for professional evaluation. The complete English edition is available for editorial review on request.
Selected chapters & practical pages
Read the author's note, seven selected chapters following the patient's journey, illustrated preparation exercises, and questions for the care team.
Open the review copy (PDF) Download the PDFClinical clarity. Human scale.
Built around the patient's timeline
The material follows the sequence of decisions and lived experiences, from the first conversation about surgery to ordinary life after rehabilitation.
Written for patients and families
Plain language makes room for uncertainty, hard days, and the people supporting recovery alongside the patient.
Practical tools with clinical restraint
Exercises, checklists, questions for the care team, and tracking sheets support informed conversations without replacing individual medical advice.
Eran Shapira
Eran Shapira is a physical therapist specializing in orthopedic rehabilitation. Across 16 years of clinical practice, he has worked with patients before and after surgery in hospital and outpatient settings. He now runs a private practice in Tel Aviv. The Next Step grew from seeing what people need to know, and when they need to know it.
- English edition
- 294 pages
- First edition
- 2026
- Format
- Paperback & eBook
- ISBN
- 978-965-596-266-6
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Translation and territorial publishing rights are available for discussion directly with the author. Clinical review and thoughtful adaptation to local healthcare settings are welcome.