{"id":172941,"date":"2023-09-28T01:24:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T06:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/mayo-clinic-expert-joint-replacement-surgery-arthritis-are-not-inevitable"},"modified":"2023-09-28T01:24:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T06:24:27","slug":"mayo-clinic-expert-joint-replacement-surgery-arthritis-are-not-inevitable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/mayo-clinic-expert-joint-replacement-surgery-arthritis-are-not-inevitable","title":{"rendered":"Mayo Clinic expert: Joint replacement surgery, arthritis are not inevitable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/mayo-clinic-expert-joint-replacement-surgery-arthritis-are-not-inevitable2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ROCHESTER, Minn. \u2014 Don\u2019t worry about your hips or knees as you age. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/arthritis\/symptoms-causes\/syc-20350772?mc_id=us&utm_source=newsnetwork&utm_medium=l&utm_content=content&utm_campaign=mayoclinic&geo=national&placementsite=enterprise&invsrc=other&cauid=100721\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arthritis<\/a> in those joints isn\u2019t inevitable. Keep doing the activities you enjoy. Those hopeful words come from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/biographies\/sierra-rafael-j-m-d\/bio-20054877?mc_id=us&utm_source=newsnetwork&utm_medium=l&utm_content=content&utm_campaign=mayoclinic&geo=national&placementsite=enterprise&invsrc=other&cauid=100721\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rafael Sierra, M.D.<\/a>, an orthopedic surgeon at Mayo Clinic specializing in hip and knee reconstruction. Dr. Sierra says there is no need to curtail your activities out of fear that you\u2019ll wear out those joints as you age and need joint replacement.<\/p>\n<p>However, certain conditions, such as birth defects and anatomical issues, may predispose a person to have hip or knee problems. Untreated, hip dysplasia and hip impingement are leading causes of hip replacement in people under 50. Having bowlegs, knock knees \u2014 or other structural issues \u2014 can hasten the need for knee replacement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it\u2019s not like the rest of us have to be worried and say, \u2018OK, at age 50, maybe I should have my hips or knees examined by a doctor,\u2019\u201d Dr. Sierra says. \u201cIn general, your body \u2014 your musculoskeletal system \u2014 will let you know when you have issues.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROCHESTER, Minn. \u2014 Don\u2019t worry about your hips or knees as you age. Arthritis in those joints isn\u2019t inevitable. Keep doing the activities you enjoy. Those hopeful words come from Rafael Sierra, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon at Mayo Clinic specializing in hip and knee reconstruction. Dr. Sierra says there is no need to curtail your [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172941\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}