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Special Report: Bone and Joint Health
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Take a step. Now take another step. Now do a knee bend. Now bend over and try to touch your toes. With just those four simple movements, you have used numerous bones and joints, as well as the cartilage and ligaments that connect them to one another, enabling movement. Every day you call upon these important body parts thousands of times as you walk, run, rise, sit, stretch, carry, dance, swim and just plain move.
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While nonsteroidal pain relievers (Ibuprofen [Motrin], among others) and acetaminophen (Tylenol) can definitely help with the pain of osteoarthritis, they each carry significant side effects: gastrointestinal bleeding and possible cardiovascular problems with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories and liver toxicity with acetaminophen.
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Many women today never had the sports-related opportunities their daughters and nieces now have because when they were growing up, sports were for boys.
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I heard about a surgery I can get for the crushed vertebrae in my back. Do you recommend it?
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By now you've read about the various treatments available for arthritis, osteoporosis and various joint problems. How about preventing the damage and pain in the first place?
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JOINT REPLACEMENT
 Use of Inpatient Continuous Passive Motion Versus No CPM in Computer-Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty
Orthopaedic Nursing, January/February 2010
 Better Pain Management After Total Joint Replacement Surgery: A Quality Improvement Approach
Orthopaedic Nursing, January/February 2010
Relationship Between Patient Trust of Nursing Staff, Postoperative Pain, and Discharge Functional Outcomes Following a Total Knee Arthroplasty
Orthopaedic Nursing, November/December 2009
RESEARCH: The Effectiveness of Femoral/Sciatic Nerve Blocks on Postoperative Pain Management in Total Knee Arthroplasty
Orthopaedic Nursing, September/October 2009
Promoting the Use of Periarticular Multimodal Drug Injection for Total Knee Arthroplasty
Orthopaedic Nursing, September/October 2009
Caring for a patient with a hip fracture LPN2009, May/June 2009
Research Evidence for the Use of Preoperative Exercise in Patients Preparing for Total Hip or Total Knee Arthroplasty
Orthopaedic Nursing, May/June 2009
Experiences of Pain and Satisfaction With Pain Management in Patients Undergoing Total Knee Replacement
Orthopaedic Nursing, March/April 2009
Planning Ahead for Better Outcomes Preparation for Joint Replacement Surgery Begins at Home!
Orthopaedic Nursing, January/February 2009
The new era of total hip replacement surgery
OR Nurse 2008, November/December 2008
Get hip to hip replacement
Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!, May/June 2008
Patients' Perspectives on Total Knee Replacement
AJN, American Journal of Nursing, May 2008
Total knee replacement: Smaller incisions, better outcomes?
OR Nurse 2008, February 2008
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