When I was 13 years old, I suffered a major knee injury. I’d been doing “squat thrusts” in gym class when my right knee suddenly locked up. I struggled for about an hour, trying to get it straightened back out but failed. After gym class, one of my teachers helped me to the office where I phoned my dad to pick me up. He rushed me to the ER, where they discovered I’d shredded the cartilage to pieces. It was literally hanging by a thread. I was terrified with what my doctor was telling me, that I could possibly be confined to a wheel chair if they didn’t operate. I was extremely lucky though, I had surgery the next day. I still have severe knee pain and surprisingly, I still have swelling and cannot fully straighten that leg out but I could’ve been much worse off! Around the same time I had knee surgery, my grandmother was also having knee replacement surgery! She suffered with years of pain and her age did nothing to help with that!

Your joints are involved in every kind of physical activity, even just a simple movement. If you are a sufferer of joint pain, you know how it can limit your ability to move. If you are looking for more information on knee, joint or hip replacement, please visit Gustafsonotho.com! Dr. Gustafson specializes in knee and hip replacements and offers effective treatment recommendations and you’ll find lots of patient education resources right on his website!