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Knee replacement Tips

Last Updated: 7 years ago• Featured Tip
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DNB (Orthopedics), Diploma in Orthopaedi...read more

Orthopedic Doctor•Mumbai
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Knee replacement surgery also known as knee arthroplasty (ARTH-row-plas-tee) can help relieve pain and restore function in severely diseased knee joints. During knee replacement, a surgeon cuts away damaged bone and cartilage from your thighbone, shinbone and kneecap and replaces it with an artificial joint made of metal alloys, high-grade plastics and polymers.

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The most common reason for knee replacement surgery is to relieve severe pain caused by osteoarth...more
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Pain Management Specialist•Pune
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Knee osteoarthritis is a common condition affecting the knee joints. This condition results from age related degeneration of joint cartilage and synovial fluid. This results in excessive stiffness, swelling, pain and decreased mobility due to loss of lubricant functions of joint cartilage.

Treatment for Knee Osteoarthritis:

Treatment for knee osteoarthritis consists of anti inflammatory drugs, lifestyle modifications and knee exercises. In advanced stages where pain is severe ...more
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Orthopedic Doctor•Mumbai
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My mother aged 65 years has severe arthritis of both knees, should she get both knees replaced in one sitting?

You should do both knees in one sitting if the severity is same in both the knees and the patient is unable to differentiate the painful knee. In case the patient says one knee is more painful than address one knee at a lime. Your own knee is always the best till it lasts.

What are the advantages of doing both the knees in one sitting?

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Last Updated: 8 years ago• Featured Tip
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Internal Medicine Specialist•Kolkata
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The human body is able to move fluidly because there are various joints, muscles, tendons and cartilages that work together to make this happen. Movements of the hands, legs, back, hips, knees and wrists are controlled this way. For various reasons, however, these tissues grow stiff, thereby, reducing free movement. Any movement causes pain and stiffness and swelling of the joints, which forces the patient to reduce physical activity. This reduced activity further leads to the joints becoming st...more
Last Updated: 8 years ago• Featured Tip
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M.CH. (Ortho), MS - Orthopaedics, MBBS

Orthopedic Doctor•Delhi
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Knee replacement is a procedure where the weight-carrying surfaces of knee joint are replaced surgically to ease the pain or any disability. People suffering from osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis or psoriatic arthritis undergo knee replacement. All these conditions revolve around stiffness and painful knee. This surgery is usually performed on people aged over 50.

Surgery types
Knee replacement is mainly of two main types:
1. Total knee replacement where both the sides of kn...more
Last Updated: 8 years ago• Featured Tip
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Orthopedic Doctor•Mumbai
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Knee is a hinge joint where the lower leg bone tibia meets the thigh bone femur. During osteoarthritis, cartilage or ligament defects and degenerative arthritis, knee replacement surgery is recommended world-wide to get relief from extreme pain. Knee replacement surgery, also known as knee arthroscopy, is a surgical procedure, in which the affected knee joint is replaced with synthetic material. The most likely candidates for total knee replacement are the patients with severe destruction of the...more
Last Updated: 1 year ago• Featured Tip
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Orthopedic Doctor•Delhi






Dr. Rakesh kumar



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Ms - orthopaedics, mbbs

22 years experience 500 - 650 at clinic 500 online

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Dr. Rakesh kumar mbbs and m. Ch is an orthopedic doctor with 22 years of experience in the field. He has worked at anuraksha specialised orthopaedic clinic for the last 12 years and has been treating patients with knee pain, joint stiffness...more
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Last Updated: 2 years ago• Featured Tip
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Orthopedic Doctor•Delhi
1. Dr. Jitender pal singh

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12 years of experience, rs. 600 in clinic, rs. 400 online

Dr. Jitendra pal singh is a renowned orthopedist who treats patients suffering from chronic pain, injuries to the hip, ankle, and knee, as well as a number of other disorders. At the moment, he is employed at the bone and joint clinic, which is located in the punjabi bagh neighbou...more
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Orthopedic Doctor•Chandigarh
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For people who are athletes or have a family medical history involving osteoporos, at some point of your life you will have to suffer through knee injury. There are certain training programs which help you to prevent yourself from any kind of knee injury. The training could be different for a different person depending upon the body structure and preference of the person. The training could be flexibility exercises, agility drills, strength training and plyometric training. ;...more
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Last Updated: 2 years ago• Featured Tip
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घुटना हमारे शरीर के सबसे महत्वपूर्ण जोड़ों में से एक है।इसमें तीन मुख्य हड्डियां जुड़ती हैं: फीमर, या जांघ की हड्डी; टिबिया, या पिंडली की हड्डी; और पटेला, या घुटने की कटोरी।एंटीरियर क्रूसिएट लिगामेंट (एसीएल) घुटने के केंद्र में होता है और पैर के रोटेशन और टिबिया के आगे की गति को सीमित करता है। एसीएल अक्सर अचानक पैर के मुड़ने से घायल हो जाता है। आप जिस दिशा में जा रहे हैं अगर तुरंत उसे बदलकर दूसरी दिशा में घूम जाते है तो आप अपने एसीएल को घायल कर सकते हैं। दौड़ते समय अचानक रुक ...more
Last Updated: 2 years ago• Featured Tip
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Orthopedic Doctor•Pune
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घुटना शरीर के सबसे महत्वपूर्ण जोड़ों में से एक है। यह आपके शरीर का पूरा भार उठाता है। इसी के सहारे आपकी दिनभर की गतिविधियां जैसे बैठना, चलना, और दौड़ना संभव हो पाती है।इसीलिए जब आपका वज़न बढ़ता है तो घुटनों में दर्द की शिकायत भी बढ़ती है। पहले घुटनों के दर्द की समस्या अधेड़ उम्र में शुरु होती थी पर अब युवा और बच्चे भी इससे अछूते नहीं हैं। क्योंकि घुटनों के दर्द के पीछे अब कोई विशेष आयु नहीं बल्कि आपका अस्वस्थ्य लाइफस्टाइल भी ज़िम्मेदार है।आज हम आपको घुटनों की समस्या से उबरने और उन्हें मज़बूत कर...more
Last Updated: 4 years ago• Featured Tip
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Physiotherapist•Bangalore
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People have a common perception that most injuries, medical conditions only affect those who spend several hours working outdoors. But what if we tell you that people who stay indoors- such as homemakers - are also susceptible to numerous health problems?

There s a saying: Home is where the heart is. But for countless homemakers, home is the place where hurt is! Scores of Indian homemakers encounter various injuries every year while engaging in household chores like cleaning and wash...more
Last Updated: 4 years ago• Featured Tip
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Orthopedic Doctor•Bhubaneswar
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The anterior cruciate ligament (acl) is a rope like connective tissue that gives support and stability to the knee, along with other related tissues. If you do not repair it, you can still perform many functions, and carry on with your life with little difficulty. However, surgery to correct the ligament tear is recommended if you do not want the injury to impede your sporting activities and want a 100% normal knee.

The acl reconstruction surgery can be performed in two ways, the arthro...more
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Orthopedic Doctor•Bhubaneswar
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Rotator Cuff Tear is one of the most common disabilities observed amongst adults above 40 years of age. Rotator Cuff is a group of four muscles that keep the Humerus (arm bone) attached to the socket of the Shoulder. The Rotator Cuff keeps the Shoulder Blade attached to the arm, and when there s damage (tear) in one of these muscles, excruciating pain is felt by the patient.

Kinds of Rotator Cuff Tear-

Partial Tear: This happens when one of the Tendons amongst the four Tendon...more
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Orthopedic Doctor•Kolkata
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The spinal cord is such a crucial part of the body, and an injury to it can really change people s lives for the worse. After all, controlling our movements, our sense of feeling and directing the limbs, among other things, makes it so very important. It does happen sometimes that injury to it requires surgery. Isn t the prospect of the surgery going wrong quite a scary one?

For decades, whenever surgery to the spine was required, the surgeon needed to cut open the skin covering the spi...more
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Orthopedic Doctor•Bhubaneswar
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The shoulder is a complex joint consisting of a number of bones, ball, socket, and cartilage. For people suffering from arthritis of the shoulder joint, a total replacement of the shoulder joint is often a successful procedure. It significantly improves pain and range of motion. However, in case the patient is suffering from a special type of arthritis of the joint known as cuff tear arthropathy , a total shoulder replacement often does not produce the desired result. These people suffer from l...more
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