Originally Posted by
Brian Elfert
I have a friend who is quite overweight and his knees are so bad he says he can't walk much. His doctors won't do knee replacement until he loses a significant amount of weight. I suspect if he loses a significant amount of weight his knees will feel better, and he may not need knee replacement.
My first wife worked in an orthopedic practice. A lot of the knee and hip replacement patients were overweight. But there was a limit - too much overweight and they wouldn't do the surgery because of complications after surgery.
Mike
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