http://www.hipandkneecentre.co.uk Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:02:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We at The Centre for Hip and Knee Surgery increasingly perform hip and knee relacements in older patients.  We take great care to assess fitness for surgery and to plan surgery and subsequent discharge either to the patients home or to a convalescence facility.  We have observed that these older ... http://www.hipandkneecentre.co.uk/?p=11 A number of patients have both hip pain due to arthritis and back pain.  Surgeons at The Centre for Hip & Knee Surgery, in common with other surgeons, tend to advise patients that after a total hip replacement, an improvement in their back symptoms often occurs (although they cannot guarantee ... http://www.hipandkneecentre.co.uk/?p=10  Vigorous physical activity benefits knee cartilage in patients without knee injury, and walking reduces the risk for bone marrow lesions in the knee, according to the results of a study reported in the September 28 Online First issue and will appear in the October 15 print issue of Arthritis & ... http://www.hipandkneecentre.co.uk/?p=9