Sports Medicine - News About Joint Replacement

Main Category: Sports Medicine / Fitness
Article Date: 09 Jan 2006 - 20:00 PDT

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Kevin Plancher, M.D., MS, FACS, FAAOS, leading New York-area orthopaedist, sports medicine expert and official orthopaedic surgeon of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard teams:

"New technologies and techniques in joint replacement -- from shatter-resistant, long-wearing ceramic hips to partial knee-replacement procedures -- offer patients more options today than ever before.

Many of the advances in joint replacement surgery are targeted specifically to baby boomers between the ages of 40 and 60. Most fitness-related injuries -- and even osteoarthritis of the joints -- can be treated and controlled with rest, medications and other non-invasive interventions.

However, the degeneration of the joints of the knee and hip -- the most taxed joints in the body -- to the point of failure is not uncommon. Since the more we use our joints the more quickly they wear out, active 'boomers' are more likely to need joint replacements sooner rather than later."

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