Not so long ago, undergoing a total hip or knee replacement and recovery was a grueling and often painful ordeal. While these are still major surgeries, new techniques and technologies are redefining ...
Here’s how to build strength before surgery — and stay moving afterward. By Hilary Achauer Kristen Lucek was in her late 30s when she began experiencing pain in her hip that felt like a knife whenever ...
Osteoarthritis is one of the most common joint diseases in the world, especially among older adults. Millions of people live ...
Post-operative recovery from joint replacement is the highest-friction, lowest-supported phase of orthopedic careThe RESTORE pilot will establish ...
Twenty-five years ago, when Richard Berger, MD, began talking about outpatient joint replacement surgery, much of the orthopedic community found the idea absurd. At the time, hip and knee replacement ...