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Q&A with Australian Health Practitioners
Time to consider knee replacement
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I have a long-term knee degeneration stemming originally from a badly diagnosed sporting injury 40 years ago. My knee is essentially devoid of cartilage and the ACL is non-functional. It is badly arthritic. Remarkably it is still fairly stable but is permanently swollen and painful to put much pressure on. I can still do brisk walking with an elastic support fairly pain-free, although up and particularly down hills can be painful. I am otherwise healthy and the state of the knee is very limiting on what I can do. I am 61 years old. The question is how long do I put up with this in the hope of better technology in the future, but of course getting older and ultimately less able to deal with the surgery and rehab? -
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