Op to Ease Knee Arthritis Using a Slice of Someone Else's Hip!

Op to ease knee arthritis using a slice of someone else's hip!
I went home after four days and had physio and did walking exercises in the pool at my gym to strengthen my muscles. After six weeks I discarded the crutches and was using the stairs. It was a much faster recovery than before. … The North Hampshire … Read more on Daily Mail

New hip, new lease on life
Hip replacement patients typically range in age from the middle 60s to early 80s, Wheeler said, “but we're doing more and more on people in their 50s (I will be 60 in August) and some in their 40s. Some people don't have any other choice,” he said … Read more on TriValley Central

Physical therapy as good as surgery and less risky for one type of lower back pain
One type of lower back pain, called lumbar spinal stenosis, is sometimes treated with surgery. But physical therapy works just as well, and comes with fewer unwanted complications — some of them life-threatening — than surgery, according to a study … Read more on Harvard Health (blog)