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Getting Your Life Back with Knee Replacement Surgery

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Channel: KUTV 2 News Salt Lake City · 2014 · News & Politics

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(KUTV) a As the population in the country ages, doctors expect to see more of a demand for knee replacement surgery. "Right now in America, thereas kind of an epidemic of arthritis and as we are living longer, people are healthier and more active."

Doctor Todd Grunander is an orthopedic surgeon at McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden. He says knee replacement surgery can help offer relief for patients who have been living in pain. "You have somebody that didnat like going to the bathroom at night because it hurt to walk, or they would avoid going to their kids' college football games because it hurt to go up those stairs to get in the bleachers. You give them their life back."

Rod Tucker had knee pain for several years. "It was painful to just walk," said Tucker. As the pain got worse, Rod decided to have knee replacement surgery. "I did everything that I needed to do but I just decided it was time. I couldnat walk up hills very easily and so it was time to do something."

During surgery, doctors will resurface the parts of the joint that are diseased by arthritis or damaged from injuries. After surgery, there will be weeks of physical therapy. As the patient builds strength, the pain starts to go away. As for Rod, heas already back on the golf course. "I could have been pain free a lot longer or a lot sooner that I did. I would recommend it (the surgery) to anybody."

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