The Impact of Osteoporosis on Knee Replacement Surgery
Osteoporosis is a condition that weakens the bones, making them far more likely to fracture. Find out how it can have an impact on knee replacement surgery.
Private Hip Replacement: Your Options
A hip replacement is a surgical procedure to remove your damaged hip joint and replace it with an artificial joint. It is normally offered to people with a degenerative condition like arthritis or those who have sustained a serious hip fracture. A total hip replacement entails replacing the entire joint whereas with a partial hip…
Why Keeping a Healthy Weight is Important for Future Knee Health
Your knees work hard to support you as you stand, walk and move around and experiencing knee pain can be debilitating. One of the best things you can do for your knees is to maintain a healthy body weight. There are many reasons for this. Reduce the stress on your knee joints Patients are often…
Knee Injections for Pain Relief: What are the Options?
Knee pain can be debilitating. The knee joint is the largest joint in the body, connecting your thigh bone to your lower leg. Your knees support your weight and enable your legs to bend and move. Painful knees can affect your ability to walk, stand, climb stairs, in fact, most types of day-to-day movement, as…
What Our Patients Say About Mako Joint Replacement Surgery
If you’re a regular reader of our blog, you’ll know we are passionate advocates of Mako robotic arm-assisted joint replacement surgery. Andrew Carrothers has performed more than 930 Mako procedures so far and we are encouraged to see the number of patients specifically requesting Mako is rising year on year. So, why is Mako so…
Returning to Daily Life and Work After Joint Replacement
“How quickly can I get back to my day-to-day life after joint replacement surgery?” It’s one of the questions that patients are most concerned about, whether it’s returning to work, caring for family or simply enjoying the things they used to enjoy.
How Mako Robotic Arm Assisted Surgery Improves Patient Outcomes in Joint Replacement
Ever since the early pioneers of joint replacement surgery began their work back in the 1960s, orthopaedic surgeons, prosthetics manufacturers and medical technology companies have been striving to improve the outcomes for patients. In recent years, joint replacement surgery has made major advances and patients who undergo joint replacement surgery today often see their prosthetic…
Arthritis Treatment Options 2025 Update
Treatments for arthritis are advancing all the time, with the development of new technologies, medications and materials. In this article, we take a look at the latest treatment options for every stage of arthritis. What is arthritis? Arthritis is actually an umbrella term for a range of different conditions characterised by diseased or painful joints.…
Improve Your Quality of Life in 2025
How do we measure quality of life? According to the European Union, there are eight main indicators that contribute to a person’s quality of life and one of these is health.
Looking Back Over 2024, Looking Forward to 2025
Looking Back Over 2024 As we come to the end of the year, we always like to say thank you to our patients who have allowed us to share their treatment journey over the last 12 months and for whom, we hope, there have been great improvements in quality of life. Certificate of Excellence If…