Knee
Houston-area resident reestablishes running career after total knee replacement surgery
(BPT) – In 2009 Tomball resident Carrie Rand started running and hiking to stay active, and it wasn’t long before she found herself competing in 5Ks, 10Ks and half-marathons around Houston. Unfortunately, the wear-and-tear on her right knee eventually led to a meniscus tear, subsequent surgical repair and frequent cortisone shots to diminish the pain. […]
3 activities to help you move safely after knee surgery
Sorry, but your browser does not support the video tag. (BPT) – Most patients undergoing knee surgery want to know when they’ll be able to return to a pain-free, active lifestyle and do the things they once enjoyed before knee pain took over. For 58-year-old Kathleen Cohan, this meant a desire to return to mountain […]
New relief for knee pain may be on the horizon
(BPT) – Innovations in modern medicine have brought many artificial joints and bionic body parts to patients. Although these devices have been used for years, a prosthetic replacement for the meniscus — the tissue pad located between the thigh and shin bones — is not yet available. Now two clinical trials underway across the U.S. […]
Increase in number of total knee replacement surgeries, especially in younger adults, linked to obesity
The number of total knee replacement (TKR) surgeries more than tripled between 1993 and 2009, while the number of total hip replacements (THR) doubled during the same time period. A study appearing in the June Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) found that an increase in the prevalence of ovrweight and obesity in the […]
Gastric bypass surgery may diminish knee pain in obese patients
There is a known link between elevated body mass index (BMI) and symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA). While patients who have undergone gastric bypass surgery (GBS) — a procedure that closes off much of the stomach and causes food to bypass a portion of the small intestine─typically lose weight, the comparative impact of this weight loss […]
Recovering from a Minor Knee Sprain
If you run regularly – especially if you run outside – at some point, you may trip over a crack in a sidewalk or slip on wet pavement. Taking a spill while running can cause you to overextend and tear the medial collateral ligament (MCL) or lateral collateral ligament (LCL) in your knee. This results […]