When is the right time to have a knee replacement? Many patients worry that a knee replacement will wear out or fail within a few years and feel they should hang on as long as possible before having surgery. Certainly, patients should try all non-surgical interventions prior to proceeding with knee replacement. These include: Weight […]

Kinematic Alignment is a customised method of positioning a knee replacement with the aim of restoring the native, pre-arthritic joint lines and rotational axes of a patients knee. While this may seem correct intuitively, this is not the way traditional total knee replacement is performed. When performing a knee replacement, a surgeon chooses where to […]

FIFA 11+ is an ACL injury prevention program designed to be performed by players prior to training and competitive games. Players and teams can reduce their rate of ACL injury using a series of simple warm up exercises. Although designed for football players, it is applicable to most sports which require frequent pivoting activity, such as […]

There is a popular opinion that exercise wears out knee cartilage faster, much like driving further can wear out tyres. Many health providers advise their patients that a diagnosis of mild arthritis should mean that they should stop strenuous physical activities, especially running. But is this true? There are recent studies which suggest that continuing physical […]

ACL ruptures in children and adolescents are relatively uncommon. The injury is usually related to sporting activity, and in fact many of these children play at a high level for their age. This age group accounts for only around 3% of ACL ruptures, but can present significant challenges in their treatment. ACL ruptures in children […]

The anterolateral ligament (ALL) of the knee has been recently in the news, and gaining the attention of surgeons as a potential stabiliser of the knee. This is a thickening of the joint capsule which runs from near the lateral epicondyle of the knee to the anterolateral edge of the tibia. Research on this ligament has […]

I find that my patients who have had a unicompartmental knee replacement (UKR, uni-knee, or half-knee replacement) are among my happiest and most active post surgery. I treat many younger patients with knee arthritis, and I find that in many of these patients uni knee is an excellent option, allowing them to maintain an active lifestyle. Compared […]

Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is a common condition which causes pain. Typically the pain may come and go, and patients may experience periods of severe pain mixed with periods of little or no pain. As the arthritis progresses, the painful periods become more frequent and more severe. Once the pain is sufficiently severe, joint replacement […]

The anterior cruciate ligament is the most researched ligament in the entire human body. In 2015, over 1500 articles were published on the ACL alone, and the number keeps increasing each year. With more knowledge, is logical that our techniques in treating ACL ruptures should be evolving, and hopefully providing our patients with better outcomes. So what […]