I Tried to Fix My Knee Pain When My Doctor Proposed Surgery

Here is everything I tried in an effort to avoid the knife.

 What I Wish I’d Known About My Knees

Many of the procedures people undergo to counter chronic knee pain in the hopes of avoiding a knee replacement have limited or no evidence to support them. Some enrich the pockets of medical practitioners while rarely benefiting patients for more than a few months. I wish I had known that before I had succumbed to wishful thinking and tried them all.

 What I Wish I’d Known About My Knees

Many of the procedures people undergo to counter chronic knee pain in the hopes of avoiding a knee replacement have limited or no evidence to support them. Some enrich the pockets of medical practitioners while rarely benefiting patients for more than a few months. I wish I had known that before I had succumbed to wishful thinking and tried them all.

 Why ‘Useless’ Surgery Is Still Popular

Before a drug can be marketed, it has to go through rigorous testing to show it is safe and effective. Surgery, though, is different. The Food and Drug Administration does not regulate surgical procedures. So what happens when an operation is subjected to and fails the ultimate test — a clinical trial in which patients are randomly assigned to have it or not? The expectation is that medical practice will change if an operation turns out not to help. If only.

Arthroscopic Surgery Doesn't Help With Arthritis Knee Pain

An international panel of surgeons and patients has challenged the effectiveness of one of the most common orthopedic procedures and recommended strongly against the use of arthroscopic surgery for patients with degenerative knee problems.

Cortisone: The End of an Era

Fortunately the cortisone era is over. We have realized that the best response to tissue injury is to stimulate stronger healing, to feed the cells that are trying to repair the injury, and to recruit more progenitor or stem cells to guide the complex healing process.

Knee Injury? Take Care of All Your Knee Ligaments

The knee is tied together by more than just the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), though you might not know that hearing the daily reports of ACL injuries from football, soccer, basketball and skiing.

Knee Pain? Try This 2-Minute Stretch For Quick Relief

When you feel pain in your knees, even something as simple as crossing your legs can become an excruciating task. The limited range of motion can affect your day-to-day activities, but there’s good news: A two-minute stretch may be all you need to get quick relief.

New Steps to Help Prevent Knee Injuries in Teen Sports

A torn knee ligament is one of the most debilitating injuries that routinely hit young athletes. Now, medical researchers are deciphering why women are at much greater risk for the problem than men and how it can be prevented.

OCD: Misnamed, But No Longer Mistreated

Kids often get knee pain. When it persists, an X-ray may show a lesion of the articular cartilage: the bearing surface of the joint. That lesion is usually called Osteochondritis dissecans, a terrible and misleading name that implies inflammation (itis) and drying out (dissecans), though neither is present in the condition. Here is what it usually is, and our preferred method of treatment.

Saving Troubled Knees

Silk scaffolds, grafts from pigs and green tea extracts might someday help keep injured and vulnerable joints active.