Mako Robotic Assisted Surgery: A Guide for Patients Having a Total Hip Replacement
The hip is one of the largest joints in your body. You use your hips for all movement involving your upper leg, so hip pain can be debilitating.
Having a Partial Knee Replacement? What You Need to Know About Mako Robotic Assisted Surgery
A partial knee replacement is offered to people who have arthritis in mainly one of the three compartments of the knee. If two or three compartments are significantly damaged, a total knee replacement will be more suitable (Read out blog about total knee replacements here: Mako Robotic Assisted Surgery: A Patient Guide for Total Knee…
Mako Robotic Assisted Surgery – A Patient Guide for Total Knee Replacement
Your knee is the largest joint in your body and is vital for all kinds of routine activities, from sitting to going upstairs. Knee pain can have a number of different causes but a common one is osteoarthritis. This is a degenerative condition which leads to worsening pain due to the breakdown of cartilage in…
The Importance of Sleep Before and After Joint Replacement Surgery
It’s easy to take sleep for granted but it plays a crucial role in our body’s natural healing and repair processes. If you are scheduled to undergo joint replacement surgery, it’s important to get enough sleep both before and after your surgery. To mark World Sleep Day (19 March), we’re looking at some of the…
Why Mako Robotic Arm Assisted Technology Helps a Faster Recovery
Making a rapid recovery from surgery involves managing your pain effectively, being able to mobilise early and healing well from your wounds. One of the reasons that Carrothers Orthopaedics uses Mako robotic arm assisted technology in joint replacement surgery is that it helps patients to recover more quickly so they can rehabilitate and get back…
Why Orthopaedic Rehab is a Must not a Maybe
Once people have got their joint replacement surgery out of the way, there is a tendency to breathe a sigh of relief and think “that’s that”.
How MAKO Robotic Arm Assisted Surgery is Transforming Total Hip Replacements
MAKO robotic-assisted joint replacement surgery is improving the success of total hip replacements and reducing the risks to patients. While it may seem a bit “space age” to have a robotic arm assisting in your surgery, there are multiple benefits to this new technology that are helping to transform people’s lives.
Knee Replacement Therapy: How to Recover Faster
If you’re going to be having knee replacement surgery in the near future, there are some things you can do right now to speed up your recovery and regain strength and movement sooner. It could be the difference between a quick recovery and a slow one.
