Knee Pain: How Cold Weather Affects Joints
In the winter season, knee pain can sometimes aggravate to an unbearable extent disturbing the quality of life.
Total Knee Replacement Surgery
What To Avoid Doing After Knee Replacement Surgery
Knee replacement surgery is one of the effective treatments to regain an active and healthy life. With the ease in routine life movements and exercise flexibility provided after the procedure, knee replacement is a worthy choice for post-injury recovery or knee damage due to aging.
What Physical Therapy Is Needed After Knee Replacement Surgery?
The patient's doctor determines the recovery plan, and there can be different requirements for different people. The following is the general plan followed by most knee replacement patients.
What is a Hip Replacement Made Of?
Many patients facing hip replacement surgery want to know more about what is being placed in their body. In this video Dr. Dan Albright, an orthopedic surgeon from Raleigh, NC, explains the different types of hip prosthetics and the different materials from which their made.
What Activities Are Good After Knee Surgery?
Low impact activities should be the norm to increase the lifespan of the knee replacement.
Total Knee Replacement: Why Wait 6 Weeks to Drive
When recovering from a total knee replacement, it can hard for some people to give up their freedom to drive even for a short time. A big question for many patients is when they can start to drive again. There are several factors to consider when deciding when is the right time.
Anterior Hip Replacement Exercise Guide
Hip replacement surgery techniques allow for a short and successful recovery for most patients after leaving the operating room, but the return to your day-to-day activities will be gradual. Let's take a look at the types of exercises to expect and how progress is made.
What are The First Signs of Needing a Hip Replacement?
A painful hip can change a person's lifestyle and stop them from doing activities they love. This surgery is life-changing and can be done on anyone regardless of age.
Preventing Knee Injuries in Older Athletes
Older athletes experience increased physical injuries including back pain, heel pain, hamstring pulls, stress fractures and knee injuries. This increase is primarily due to changes in muscles, bones, ligaments, and tendons due to aging. It is crucial for older adults to be conscious of these body changes and to alter their regime to avoid injuries while maintaining their physical fitness.
How Young is Too Young for Total Knee Replacement?
Is there a minimum age for total knee replacement surgery. In this video an orthopedic surgeon talks about in which circumstances young patients would be considered for a total knee replacement.
