Posted on 06/23/2014 11:48:00 AM PDT by BBell
Yikes. You are the perfect candidate for prevention. If I were looking at those probable statistics, I’d be at every specialist asking for advice now, and then I’d check out every single alternative possibility like acupuncture, etc etc. I see you are in CA, and there alternative practitioners on every corner. Are there nutritional components? Do you move in such a way that you put too much downward pressure on your knees? (Yes, that’s a possibility and physicians don’t know how to see it.) Maybe gentle martial arts, like tai chi, could teach you gentler movement patterns while strengthening muscles around your knees….I am just tossing out ideas, but I’ve done these things to good advantage.
My hip went very haywire about 20 years ago; pain and inflexibility so bad that I couldn’t lift my leg high enough to get into an SUV. (I’m average weight, it wasn’t that.) Bought the book, The Arthritis Cure. Followed the simple directions: glucosamine/chondroitin daily, joined the gym and walked for miles on the treadmill, and whatever else it recommended. Pain went away. AWAY! A knee is not a hip, but suggest you read the book and see whether it applies to you.
If you are in/near SF, I can recommend practitioners. No, they will not be covered by insurance…and yes, they might possibly save you from major surgery. It’s worth investigating, I think.
Good luck to you, pogo101
Indeed, avoid JR movies. LOL
But eating right, praying, and loving something or someone are all good health moves:)
You got that right. Before Chavez, Venezuela was among the most prosperous counties in South America. Didn't take long for Chavez and his socialistic blitzkrieg to turn it into a turd bowl of a place in no time.
Read the comments too. One of them mentions how "the poor" in Venezuela are "much, much poorer" under Chavez' rule. It said before him, at least they had toilet paper.
Maybe someone should inform the poor here, that what happened to the poor in Venezuela (more poverty) is what they will "get" if they keep voting for the so called "free chit".
On a side note, let's not forget that all the wonderful politicians voted to inflict O care on us while exempting themselves from it.
Could it be possible that they know this healthcare plan is a disaster? Nah.. they are warm and compassionate people who take good care of us peasants. They should vote themselves another pay raise.
In places where the law-abiding citizens are well-armed, there are less shootings and deaths.
Thanks for the input! I’m doing some of those things already, like being very active while avoiding impact. (My dad was in the Jogging Generation, and I suspect that contributed to his early hip problems.)
It's not a case of what hospital or clinic does the best job of taking care of patients....if the citizens of one country take poorer care of themselves but has better hospitals and doctors than another country where the citizens take better care of themselves, then the country where the people take better care of themselves has a better healthcare system than the country that provides better hospital or clinic care.
Strange, but that's why the U.S. was ranked down the list. But we know where many foreigners go when they need to be treated for serious medical conditions....and it's not Bulgaria.
My Mother,who is 74, had her right knee replaced about 10 or so years ago. When 0bama was elected and 0bama care passed she was quick to get her left knee replaced as she might not be able to if she waited. I don’t know what will happen when I need my knee needs replaced.
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