Chronic knee pain caused by arthritis – especially when walking, hiking, climbing stairs, and even when you’re seated or lying down – is difficult to endure. If conservative treatments such as over-the-counter medication, exercise, physical therapy, or steroid injections fail to alleviate your pain, you may be asked to consider a surgical solution. Total knee […]
Knee Replacement Surgery
Why Is My Orthopedic Surgeon Recommending a Partial Knee Replacement?
If you have severe and persistent knee pain in one spot in your knee, then you may have localized arthritis. If your osteoarthritis damage – the wearing-down of the protective cartilage in your knee – is only in one section of your knee and is not across the entire knee, then your orthopedic surgeon may […]
Is Knee Replacement Treatment a Major Operation?
Chronic knee pain is a common problem, especially among athletes and active adults. Most often, it is due to general wear-and-tear arthritis in the knee joint resulting from daily activities such as walking, standing, bending, and lifting, or the result of an injury sustained during athletic activity. If your knee pain is constant or severe, […]
Ask Your Orthopedic Surgeons: What Will Life Look Like After My Knee Replacement?
When faced with chronic knee pain that can only be relieved through partial or total knee replacement surgery, most patients can’t help but wonder what their quality of life will be like after the procedure. “Will I really feel better with a prosthetic knee?” Once you’re fully healed, you will indeed be surprised at how […]
Getting the Most from Your Knee Replacement Surgery
Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis in the world, and knee arthritis (osteoarthritis of the knee) is responsible for about 80% of cases of arthritic pain. As the condition progresses and no longer responds to simple remedies like medication and exercise, then joint replacement surgery may be your answer if you want to […]
Man’s Best Friend Like You’ve Never Seen – How Your Dog Can Help with Rehab After Knee Replacement
If you are planning to have knee replacement surgery, you are already aware of the physical limitations knee arthritis can place on your daily life. Pain can be very debilitating, robbing you of the things you love to do most. It can also be wearing on your physical and emotional health. But now that you’ve […]
You’ve Recovered from Knee Replacement – Now back to living!
If you’ve lived with the pain and physical limitations of knee arthritis, and then made the decision to undergo a total knee replacement, you are probably ready to reap the benefits of the past few months. Anyone with knee arthritis understands how much it can affect your ability to enjoy life, and to do the […]
Post-Surgery Process for A Total Knee Replacement
If you’ve been suffering with knee pain from arthritis and you’ve tried physical therapy, exercise, medications and even losing weight to help, but without success, you may have been given the option of a total knee replacement. In fact, this could be your best bet to begin living a pain-free life again. If this is […]
Need to Have Your Knee Replaced? Don’t Wait Too Long
Millions of Americans suffer with osteoarthritis, and the pain that comes with it slows them down, changes their lives for the worse and can actually help to deteriorate their overall health. Luckily, if you suffer with the pain of knee arthritis, you don’t have to continue to live with it forever. Early stages of arthritis […]
The Future of Knee Replacement Surgery: MAKOplasty
Are you bothered by knee pain, and is it getting worse? Your knees are the largest joints in your body and if they’ve been bothering you, you already realize how important they are to your health and wellbeing. If you’ve gotten to the point where the pain is starting to affect your quality of life, […]
