As I've mentioned many times, although this is primarily a blog about back pain, I do like to sometimes include information about neck, shoulder and knee pain also, as I have suffered from them all, and believe that they are all connected in one way or another. So no apologies for this post, which I hope at least some of you will find informative.
Having your leg broken can help your knee.
Well, it worked for a children’s nursery worker from Sheffield, who by the time she was in her twenties was suffering so badly from knee problems it was affecting her life badly, according to an article by Victoria Lambert on telegraph.co.uk.
As she was very young to undergo knee replacement, she would probably have had to have it replaced several times over the years, her consultant surgeon Paul Sutton, of Sheffield Orthopaedics and the Northern General Hospital decided upon a radical new treatment.
He used a computer image-guided system to help him break and then realign her shin bone, so that instead of the inside of her knee taking all the force, the strong healthy outside edge did the work. “It is a simple theory,” explains Mr Sutton, “but the technology is cutting edge.”
The young lady is now pretty much back to leading a normal life. To read the full story use this link.
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