I want to continue our discussion of "easy" ways we can treat arthritis by starting with the toughest issue of all: weight. Like it or not, increased body weight is not good for your knees (or your hips, your back, your blood pressure, your...). I could give you lots of statistics like, in the past 15 years obesity rates have doubled, or one out... Read more
Since I started writing this column we’ve been bouncing around with various thoughts on arthritis, activity and other issues of joint health. In all the excitement I fear we may have missed a few things, so on that note, we will put things to right.
As mentioned, one of the most impressive things I saw as a medical student was a person... Read more
Doctors have been trying to resurface our worn out joints with various materials for many years. It was not until English surgeon, John Charnley, perfected his hip replacement in the 1960's, that this technology really took off. Flash forward 15 years and a very impressionable medical student was drawn to Orthopedic Surgery seeing people with... Read more
Human beings are well designed for many things. We have large brains for poetry and quantum mechanics; we are good long distance runners, and of course have these awesome opposable thumbs. Unfortunately, some parts are not designed very well for our 21st century lifestyles. The low back, or lumbar spine, is first on my list for sending back (or... Read more
Perhaps I should start with a confession: I am an aging baby-boomer who still participates in the odd bike race or triathlon. Nothing too serious, mind you. Not enough to ruin my weekends or find me planning vacations around an event, but I do enjoy it. My theory is, without a goal to train towards, it's a lot harder to make yourself get on that... Read more
