Lockdown has been hard for people on many different levels but if you are waiting for joint replacement surgery, you’ve probably experienced it harder than most. Chronic pain can be tiring and debilitating and if you have a degenerative condition like arthritis the pain may have been getting steadily worse and your mobility may have…
If you are scheduled to undergo joint replacement surgery you are likely to be suffering from a degenerative condition such as osteoarthritis, which causes the loss of cartilage in the joints leading to pain, stiffness and a loss of movement. Alternatively, you may have sustained a serious injury to your joint that requires immediately replacement…
Joint replacement surgery is a familiar concept to most people and this type of surgery – especially hip and knee replacement – is now routine for the treatment of severe arthritis and serious joint fractures. But, fewer people have heard of or understand revision joint replacement surgery. So, to mark Arthritis Awareness week we are…
Orthopaedic surgeons are delighted to be able to see patients again as lockdown restrictions ease. However, anxiety levels remain high, particularly among patients who are due to undergo joint replacements or other major surgical procedures.
There are around 6,000 deaths in the UK each year as a result of accidents in the home, according to the Royal Society for Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).
As lockdown measures caused by the Covid-19 pandemic are extended and experts warn that it’s likely to be some time before life returns to normal, exercising at home has become the new norm for many of us.