Category: Knee Pain
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KNEE PAIN: Does Structural Damage Equal Pain?
This article says that tear size, tear location, and cartilage damage does not always correlate with the amount of pain that patients report. ~ Dr. Broussard What are the findings? Meniscal pathology features such as tear type, tear size and tear location identified at arthroscopy were not associated with preoperative self-reported knee pain and function…
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Knee Bone Connected to the Back Bone
In an article published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, the authors found that if you cannot straighten out your knees all the way, that can have an effect on the lower back. They said that degenerative changes in the knee can cause symptoms in the lower back….knee bone connected to the back bone.…