“Knee arthritis – most commonly when people develop arthritis of the knee – they decrease their activity level… the arthritis causes pain, causing limitation in motion and people respond by decreasing activity,” says Ghassan Boghosian, DO, a hip and knee replacement specialist with Eisenhower Desert Orthopedic Center in Rancho Mirage, California.

He then goes on to point out that the problem in decreasing activity is the decrease then increases the level of pain and loss of motion and increases the potential for related diseases.

In this short knee arthritis video – Quick Tip Video: Knee Arthritis Pain Treatments – Dr. Boghosian offers tips to address and prevent further knee arthritis pain, including:

• Importance of activity
• Closed chain exercises
• Co-morbidity issues
• Non-surgical treatments

Depending on where you or a loved one are on the continuum of arthritic knee pain, you’ll find this short Quick Tip video helpful. More videos on a range of orthopedic topics are available in the Orthopedic Video Library.

Click – Knee Pain – for more information about Eisenhower Desert Orthopedic Center’s range of conservative through advanced procedures for knee pain treatments.

More from Dr. Boghosian:

Dr. Boghosian’s Video Introduction

Getting Up to Speed: Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery (podcast)

Quick Video Tip: Knee Arthritis Pain Treatments

Even More Related Material!

Orthopedic Tip Videos Playlist

Help for Knee, Hip and Joint Pain Playlist

GREAT NEWS!

U.S. News & World Report has released its prestigious annual hospital rankings. Eisenhower Health ranks #1 in the Inland Empire and #12 in California. Eisenhower Health was also rated High Performing in 20 types of care — the highest number of specialty recognitions earned by a hospital in the Inland Empire, including these five in Orthopedics: Hip Replacement, Knee Replacement, Hip Fracture, Back Surgery and Orthopedics overall.

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