1 May 2020 | Adolescent Knee Injuries, General
When is it ‘just’ growing pains? And when could it be something more serious? Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s Dave Duffy explains the symptoms to look out for.
7 Feb 2020 | Adolescent Knee Injuries, General, Knee Surgery
Why is your child at greater risk of an ACL injury today than they were 20 years ago? Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s DaveDuffy explains.
4 Aug 2019 | Adolescent Knee Injuries, General, Knee Surgery
Under 18 with a ligament injury? A longer layoff from sport now could protect your knee in the future. Knee surgeon Dave Duffy explains.
25 May 2019 | Adolescent Knee Injuries, General, Knee Surgery
Yorkshire Knee Clinic’s Prof. Nick London explores the problems with the current state of ACL repair and the way it is targeted.
7 Jun 2018 | Adolescent Knee Injuries, General, Knee Surgery
Why are more young Australians having ACL reconstructions? Not so long ago, Christopher Vertullo, associate professor and director of Knee Research Australia rarely had to treat patients aged under 15. Visits to paediatric wards were thankfully scarce. “Now every week...
18 Dec 2017 | Adolescent Knee Injuries, General, Knee Surgery
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...
19 Aug 2017 | Adolescent Knee Injuries
When an adolescent complains of knee, limb and joint pain, the temptation is to place it in the catch-all category of ‘growing pains’. So, what are growing pains, and how can you tell when the problem is something more? Growing pains typically appear in children aged...
