Your Knee Your Health
Dr. Adam Rosen is an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in total knee replacement and practices in Southern California. His podcast offers listeners a deep dive into your knee and your health. Here I will offer my opinions on knee pain, causes of knee pain and treatment for knee pain.
Be sure to check out his educational YouTube videos: https://www.youtube.com/@dradamrosen
You can find my book - 'The Knee Book - A Guide to the Aging Knee' on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3ERtgG8
You need to consult with your physician prior to beginning any exercise program or making any changes in your diet or medication as certain individuals may have health conditions that could be affected. This does not count as medical advice.
Your Knee Your Health
Optimize Yourself
When you have elective or scheduled surgery it is important to be as healthy as you can to reduce the chance of a complication. We call this process optimizing a patient for surgery. Here I will talk to you about what we look for and why it is important.
There is a great risk tool you can use to look at your risk at the time of total joint replacement from the National Joint Registry in the UK: https://jointcalc.shef.ac.uk/
