Knee Surgery Recovery for Athletes

An Interview with Ron Boyd: 'Knee Surgery Recovery for Athletes'.

Ron did Pre-hab and Rehab with the X10. Click on the Play Button above.

Editor's Note: Ron carefully prepared for his knee replacement surgery. He learned a lot from his wife's recovery from total knee replacement and put his new knowledge to work. An highly active person, Ron's expectations were very high for his ability to get back to athletics after surgery.

A Windsurfing Accident

In the summer of 1991 I injured my right knee while windsurfing. One of my favorite pastimes was sailing over the water at high speed. My injury was not a tear of the ACL, but a severe stretching of the ligaments of my right knee. The EMT informed me that if I had not been wearing a wetsuit that fit very snuggly, my knee would have ended up in the next county!

Fast forward to the spring of 2019. While skiing in Austria with our family my wife Carol and I were discussing our desire to get both of our knees fixed so we would not have the constant pain. Carol had a knee injury when young, and also had been putting up with pain for many years. Upon visiting with Dr. Verner, Carol learned that she was a candidate for Total Knee replacement. I followed up with an appointment as well and discovered that I also should schedule for the same surgery. I discovered that I had no remaining meniscus in my knee and that the bone on bone condition was the cause of my pain.

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