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by Graham Foster
You’d imagine that if some one who had mobility issues and put on some weight and needed knee replacement surgery it would help them when the surgery was completed but according to latest reseach carried out at the University Of Delaware the exact opposite is true.
Now if you have been waiting for a knee operation and been in constant pain for several weeks or months or in some cases years you think you would be so relieved that you be out walking everywhere and more I know I would.
But shockingly whilst most showed early signs of weight loss the majority of patients gained weight over a period of time.
It appears that those patients especially those which have been imobile for a prolonged period have got so used to being house bound that they just can’t change their lifestyle to accomodate their new found mobility.
I have another theory maybe slightly more controvesial once they have had surgery they can drive on occasions even walk more easily and visit the take away food joints and restaurants they have been getting deliveries from for years.
The doctors say that the long term disabled find it hard to change their lifestyle but as a person who lives with someone who is imobile I think it’s not the whole story. I think more needs to be done to speed up the time it takes for people to receive essential surgery.
Often the cost of care and other factors such as loss of income for people who can’t get about exceeds the cost of the surgery over the longer term.
In the UK where I am living now medical insurers are starting to recognise that getting the patient back to work or at very least mobile over time is far more cost effective and hopefully eventually this will become the view of HMO’s and state funded health care schemes.
Tagged as: health-care, Knee replacement, Other Blog Posts, surgery, University Of Delaware
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