Orthopaedic surgeon explains on his YouTube channel The Surgeon Unmasked why surgery to fix a meniscus tear is usually not a good idea. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ffr2AD9tHM
This in-depth interview with experienced arthrofibrosis surgeon Dr. Marco Valoroso has been published as a podcast on Spotify. Please visit https://open.spotify.com/episode/1x2EjrBf8L7TRlf5Zy4hQ2?si=aGPVEKc1T5enCpqS5229dQ
or watch the video on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAha434oQyQ
This interview explores the diagnosis and treatment strategies for arthrofibrosis after total knee replacement (TKR). Key advice is provided for patients and clinicians managing this challenging condition. Join Manon Raap from the IAA as she sits down with Dr. Marco Valoroso, Head of Knee Surgery at EOC Hospitals in Lugano, Switzerland, member of EUKAF center, and a leading surgeon in knee arthrofibrosis.
Entering the end of my firat year living with AF and the first holiday season. Lots of events with acquaintances or people I don't really know at all. I'm sure I'm not the only one. So how do you deal with the intrusive questions and comments?
I can't wear heels anymore. If I stand too long, I'm stiff and in pain, if I sit too long I'm stiff and in pain. My limping gait is fairly obvious. Prompting many of the inquiries.
I have the basic answer for anybody who asks (an autoimmune reaction to my knee replacement surgery, where my body doesn't know to stop making scar tissue). And last week at a party, I basically told the person who tried to equate my AF with having received the covid shot to walk away from me immediately!
But I am so tired of people either telling me they are…
Dear IAA members,
Wishing you a lovely Christmas and a healthy and happy New Year.
All the best,
Kayley
Dear Erika,
I had my knee opeeration 5 years ago and it took me more than 6 months to even become aware of what my body was doing. And that is only because I found Dr. Usher's thesis on arthrofibrosis. Nobody had heard of it and I was constantly given the wrong exercises which made my condition worse. Since then Dr. Usher has made the problem much more understandable and helped many people with her advice on the arthrofibrosis.info website.
So, i have been kiving with Arthrofibrosis in my knee for 5 years now. It has gotten much better after I took better care never to over-stress my knee.
Each time I do too much it hurts again. The pain never really goes away, but I can live with it and have many good days.
Gentle walking helps maintain flexibility but resting is also important as soon as your knee "acts up". When t really hurts I use Voltaren on it and rest.
If people ask about my knee I tell them about Arthrofibrosis to make the condition more recognizable. The problem is, that very few doctors as yet know about!
So, the more people become aware of it the better.
I have also found , thatany other jint operation cann bring it about: I had a trigger finger operated on and again developed Arthjrofibrosis in the finger joint!
But I was aware of it early enough to catch it.
Wishing you all the best,
Maria, Canada.