Dr Jignesh- Joint Replacement Surgeon

What to Expect From Total Knee Replacement? We will discuss the common questions , Reality vs Myth and issues associated with knee replacement surgery.  Common Questions and Fear Factors  If You know your doctor and his Speciality it will take half of your fear Whether I can walk ? You can run Whether I can sit on the floor? You can but avoid Whether I can bend my knees? Ofcourse Yes Whether you take guarantee? You have to take your own guarantee  I have seen my neighbors and some person are bedridden after surgery. ( Common Myth and Poor Understanding) Main issue associated with surgery is fear and understanding for knee replacement.  Fear comes from unknown or poorly half understood things where we can't see real picture.Knee Replacement is one of the successful surgery and blessings for knee pain patients. In knee replacement we will remove the eroded and damaged areas of your knee joint and replace it with new joints.Its 95 to 99% successful if done ...

In this blog we have discussed about how to get relieved from knee pain of Osteoarthritis which is commonly seen with old age. Once your doctor said that your knee is getting arthritis and it's in early stage you can take basic precautions to avoid it getting into advance stage and postpone surgery. Basic precautions are  1) Life Style Modification ( avoid sitting cross leg and sitting on the floor and minimise climbing stairs) 2) Physiotherapy ( Quadriceps and Hamstring stretching and Strengthening) knee physio 3) Swimming or walking in the water is best exercise as it offload the Joint  4) Hot fomentation   5) Basic Anti Inflammatory Medications  6) Taking vitamin D supplements and calcium supplements  7) Taking supplements to nurture cartilage  8) Reducing weight if you are obese  9) Getting Yourself Educated about Knee Osteoarthritis  10) Following Above steps (1 to 9) For Basic Physiotherapy at home you can visit ...

Hi I am Dr Jignesh Thacker; Orthopaedic & Joint Replacement Surgeon and with the best interest of patient we are running  YouTube channel hip & knee clinic and social awareness campaign. In this blog we are going to describe when to go for knee replacement surgery?  Knee Replacement is the elective procedure and its decision totally of patient's decision..when you consult a doctor 🏥for knee pain he or she will see you clinically and advice x-ray..when xray shows complete joint space reduction and grade 4 Osteoarthritis , Dr will advice you to undergo total knee replacement.But its patient who has to decide depending upon his/her activity of daily living (ADL) affection 🏃..when you have continuous knee pain , not able to walk properly and pain while doing any activities and night pain and sleep affected due to pain.When you have tried all measures like pain medication, physiotherapy, hot fomentation and lifestyle modification like avoid sitti...