Must I have knee surgery?(THE CLINIC)
Publication Date: 01-NOV-07
Publication Title: Running & FitNews
Format: Online
Author: Lemm, Brook ; Hull, Larry ; Erickson, Robert C.

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I am a 137-lb., 5' 4" female and I have had two arthroscopic knee surgeries to resolve a torn meniscus and frayed cartilage and bone chips resulting from a fall five years ago. The first surgery entailed drilling a hole in my femur to help blood supply rebuild the damage to my knee. I was consequently on one knee for more than eight weeks and suffered overuse injury to that knee. I racewalk, bike, and rollerblade currently, having been told never to run...



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