When Does a Knee Problem Need Surgery?

When Does a Knee Problem Need Surgery?

Surgery enters the picture for a knee problem once medicines, physiotherapy and injections have had a fair chance and knee pain still gets in the way of daily  life. Plenty of painful knees can be managed without surgery. Whether yours will depends on what is actually...
What Is AVN of the Hip? Causes and Treatment

What Is AVN of the Hip? Causes and Treatment

Breathlessness on stairs or swollen ankles by evening often gets written off as poor fitness or a long day on your feet. That explanation holds up sometimes, but it misses the more serious possibility. Cardiologists split heart failure into four stages, Stage A...
Is There an Age Limit for Knee Replacement?

Is There an Age Limit for Knee Replacement?

Yes, especially with rheumatoid arthritis or an old injuryStruggling with knee pain that won’t ease up? Most people who get a knee replaced are somewhere between 60 and 80. The average lands around 65 or 70. But age isn’t really the deciding factor here....
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