After years of pain, knee replacement has helped a Michigan woman, 66, return to an active life.
A total knee replacement surgery has kept this avid Michigan hunter on the move.
When knee pain meant she had to give up walking her beloved dog, Elizabeth Winstanley realized the time had come for surgery.
Ever since her teenage years, Samantha Searl had accepted knee pain as part of life. Not until age 48 did she discover she didn't have to live that way.
Leaving persistent pain behind, athletes get back to enjoying life again post-surgery.
With two new knees and plenty of post-surgery discipline, Natasha Hudnell aims to keep up with her son and three granddaughters.
Results are similar after procedure to repair meniscus in normal, overweight and obese people.
Study: A single shot of the patient's own stem cells improved pain and mobility.
Arthritis patients may get short-term results with steroids, but long-term success with a different kind of shot.
The procedure rate nearly doubled from 2000 to 2010, with younger Baby Boomers increasingly seeking better mobility as they age.
This question is asked by many patients and may be applied to many joints such as ankles, hands, and elbows for the weeks following the initial injury or surgical intervention.
'The bottom line is that arthroscopy only takes out torn, damaged tissue; it does not put anything back,' expert says.
