HEALTHY KNEES BLOG

I was invited to visit the ConforMIS knee manufacturing plant to see the process for taking a CT scan and turning it into a custom knee - with all the...

Dr. Thorpe and I have known each other for 32 years starting with my 3rd surgery - the femoral osteotomy when I was 34 years old. Since then were 5 mo...

You don't have to be a competitive athlete to train like one.  You just have to want the results of preparing your body for the event – in this case t...

We have all experienced different levels of pain, but how do you know when enough is enough?

Chronic pain, the pain you live with because of a long-t...

I'm 55.  I've had 10 knee surgeries.

It started with birth.  I was born with a condition called "discoid meniscus" that affects only 1 - 3% of Americ...

I finally made a BIG decision....31 years after I was told I had severe osteoarthritis in my left knee.

On November 9, 2017 I will have my knee repla...

The Question: What are quick stretches can I do after a ride?

From Joseph K: “I've taken one of your spinning classes and at the end of each session ...

Is PRP for you?

Here is a great question from “T Hand” that prompted me to write about Platelet Rich Plasma:

“What is the expectation of PRP injecti...

As a hinge gets rusty, it becomes restricted and harder to move.  It stiffens up when it's been sitting for too long.

They creak and crack with movem...

I had a few people ask me, a little perplexed, as to why I wasn’t still on my bike and did we already dip our tires in the Atlantic?

The answer is...