Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s Nick London explains why maintaining strong working relationships between our knee consultants and GPs has become more difficult. We’ve come through a winter during which the pressure on the NHS has been a nightly news feature. When resources have been stretched as perhaps they’ve never been stretched before. And where, as aContinue Reading
You may have private health insurance. You may wish to contact us direct. But if you want to see a knee specialist, don’t you have to see your GP first? There’s a short and simple answer to this question: no. At Yorkshire Knee Clinic we don’t insist on GP referral, but there is a littleContinue Reading
Whether you’re a top athlete or a one-week-a-year skier, once you’ve damaged your knee, stepping back out on the slopes takes more than physical strength. In 2014, just ahead of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, American downhill skier and three-time Olympian Lindsey Vonn re-ruptured her cruciate ligament. Her journey back, not just to competition butContinue Reading
(And should I be worried about it?) As they grow older, many people experience creaking, cracking noises in the knees. It’s most noticeable when you squat down and stand straight again, or when you’re climbing stairs. But what’s actually happening to create that noise? And should it concern you? Let’s take the second question first…Continue Reading
Every year, we can practically set our watches by the start of ski season… A week or so after Christmas, we’ll see the first of what will become a common feature of the Yorkshire Knee Clinic throughout the first two or three months of the year: knee injuries sustained on the ski slopes. Optimum conditionsContinue Reading
If you’re heading for the ski slopes imminently, knee braces may be one of the first items in your suitcase. But is there any real benefit to wearing them? Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s Nick London (no stranger to his own ski slope knee injuries) investigates. If you’re planning on following the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, you’llContinue Reading
As a new report shows that childhood obesity levels are leading to hip replacements in children as young as ten, Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s Dave Duffy explains why weight is only one part of the jigsaw. Last month, an article in the Telegraph raised the issue of joint replacement surgery in the young caused by obesity.Continue Reading
The signs that suggest your injury resulted in bleeding within the knee joint– and what to do about it. You’ve suffered a knee injury. Perhaps you’ve slipped and fallen on an icy street. Maybe you’ve been on the receiving end of a nasty (and not very) sporting tackle. It could simply be a case ofContinue Reading
There’s an increasing drive among private insurance/health companies to stop funding knee arthroscopy (keyhole surgery) on patients with arthritis. The companies would claim that the surgery doesn’t make any difference, but are they right? This is one of those frustrating situations where the actions of a few have started to impact on the many. GenerallyContinue Reading
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How to spot an ACL tear
Why it’s essential to diagnose anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) damage early. Lots of patients who come to Yorkshire Knee Clinic visit us for a delayed diagnosis, often quite some time after the event that caused their knee pain. Occasionally, they’ll have been misdiagnosed with a knee sprain when the issue is far more serious. Unfortunately,Continue Reading
