Bone Doc Talks

Your body's pain system works like a home electrical system — where you feel pain isn't always where it starts. Understanding this changes how we find and fix the problem.

Think of your hip like a car tire. Cartilage is the tread — arthritis is what happens when it wears bald. Treatment is like an elevator: find the floor that gives you the quality of life you want.

Posterior, lateral, or anterior — three different roads to the same great outcome. Learn why Dr. Kee uses the direct anterior approach and what makes it different.

Your knee is a road. Cartilage is the asphalt. Arthritis is what happens when the road wears out — and knee replacement is really a resurfacing, not a replacement.

7 days of survival mode. 7 weeks of hard PT work. 7 months of living your golden era. A realistic roadmap for joint replacement recovery — before surgery day.

How does the surgeon actually get to your knee? Think of it like a window covered by curtains — different approaches open the curtains differently. Same window. Same replacement. Different paths.

The shoulder is like a golf ball balanced on a tee — built for motion but inherently unstable. The rotator cuff is what keeps it centered. When it fails, arthritis follows.

Treatment for shoulder arthritis is like climbing a rock wall — each level has more risk. From rest and rehab at the base to reverse shoulder replacement at the summit.

The robot never replaces the surgeon — it helps the surgeon be more precise and consistent. Learn what robotic navigation actually does, what the research shows, and why accuracy matters.