Originally Posted by
JFord
Hi Will.
I think it's important to read the study you're citing very carefully. There were a LOT of exclusion criteria. One of them was pain that can be directly explained by the actual results of the imaging. That means that the study you're referring to would not have included such patients within the study group.
Patients like me. I had meniscal debridement done arthroscopically and my excruciating pain for almost a year improved by about 80% from the time I woke up from my surgery.
In general, of course you're correct that much of orthopedic surgery is BS and not performed with an adequate evidence basis.
Interestingly, for many months after MY surgery I couldn't get back to hundred percent with my knee. I reluctantly accepted that I would probably have to quit surfing because I just couldn't pop up on my board. My surgeon said that under no circumstances should I undertake a strength training program that involved squatting. Fortunately, Paul Horn talked me into it and I did get to 100% within two weeks of working with him after suffering significant residual pain for months.
We'll never know if I could've gotten there without surgery in the first place. However, I seriously doubt that with the pain I was experiencing before surgery, I would've been able to tough it through even a broom handle squat.
I saw Paul because I read some book by a guy with shitty knees.