Dr. Joshua John-Ram Schacter treats a man with bilateral knee pain who gained 80 pounds and struggled to exercise. The plan combined orthobiologics for the right knee with a left knee replacement, plus a nutrition program starting six weeks before surgery.
About 80 pounds.
A vitality package.
Knee replacement.
About six weeks before surgery.
Ernest, this gentleman is amazing. He had a long history of pain in both his knees. He had fatigue, weight gain, difficulty with exercise. He had gained about 80 pounds. He is a perfect example of how we can use holistic orthopedics to treat a patient. I didn't feel like orthobiologics was a great option for his left knee, and his left knee had really severe pain. And so he elected to do a vitality package on his right knee and a knee replacement on his left. And at the same time, we started him on this functional wellness package and program. We got to start his wellness package about six weeks before we did his knee replacement. And that was exactly kind of what what I envision our programs providing to patients is giving them better perioperative nutrition as well. So sometimes surgery is a good option, but we need to get there. That needs to be an option for us. That's later in the spectrum.
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