Knee injections for Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee happens when the cartilage breaks down on the surface of your knee joint. This can lead to bone and joint damage. This causes knee joint inflammation. Many people experience knee pain when climbing stairs, kneeling or even standing. Lifestyle changes and simple pain-killers can help relieve mild knee symptoms. In…

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The Six Best Pedal Exercisers To Help With Your Knee Pain

What is a Pedal Exerciser?   The pedal exerciser is a type of mini exercise bike. It is designed for low impact indoor workouts. Pedal exercisers use the pedal mechanism to help strengthen your legs and arms.  They are a great way to improve heart fitness and a really great way to improve joint health…

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6 Tips to get the most out of your virtual consultation

The tipping point for telehealth and virtual consultations has just happened. Many ways of doing business will change forever after the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic, and health care, too, will never be the same. All the major insurance companies now cover the costs of telehealth visits, consequently, innovation and adoption are taking off like wildfire.…

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Top 5 Tips To Stay Healthy in Lockdown

Well, we’ve made it through a couple of weeks of lockdown… How was it for you? I don’t know about you, but going into it I was certainly feeling anxious about having to deal with so many concerns all at once (such as high-risk family members, work commitments, paying bills and staying healthy). But having…

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5 tips to help you avoid knee pain

Avoid knee pain by improving leg muscle strength, flexibility Your knee joint is the largest joint in your body, your knee takes a lot of load through it, even just doing everyday things like walking up and downstairs, bending to load the washing machine or kneeling to put on your shoes. Not surprisingly, knee pain…

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Knee Pain – All You Need to Know

Knee Pain – all you need to know. Knee pain is common and thankfully for most people, it isn’t usually a sign of anything serious. There are many possible causes of knee pain, from a simple muscle strain or tendon problem to some kind of arthritis. Sometimes a cause can’t be found. As you get…

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Degenerative Meniscal Tears

Do you always need surgery for a meniscal tear? So, you’ve twisted your knee, or you may even have just crouched down the wrong way and you’ve woken up with a painful and swollen knee joint. It hasn’t settled down after a couple of weeks. You’ve tried the simple things like painkillers ice packs and…

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5 things you can do to help manage your knee arthritis

5 Things You can do to Help Manage Your Knee Arthritis   Re-think your assumptions about knee arthritis… you’re not wearing your knee joint out by exercising.  Walking or playing tennis, as long as the pain is mild, is not going to accelerate the decline of your knee.  Actually the opposite is true! The stronger…

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Top 5 Supplements for Knee Pain

I see many people every week in my clinic with chronic joint pain in their knees, hands, elbows, shoulders, and other joints. In most cases, this is caused by the most common type of arthritis, osteoarthritis.  Pain-killers such as acetaminophen (Paracetamol) or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as ibuprofen (Nurofen) or Naproxen, are usually the first choice for joint…

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How Successful is Knee Replacement Surgery

Knee replacement surgery is the most commonly performed of all joint replacement surgery. In 2018 over 100,000 such procedures were performed in the United Kingdom. The numbers of patients having knee replacement surgery has increased gradually over the years due partly to improvements in the science of knee replacement surgery, experience of surgeons, and the…

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