The weeks before your operation: prehab strength, first exercises, crutch practice and setting up your home.
A partial knee replacement replaces only the worn part of the knee. Recovery is usually faster and the knee often feels more natural than a total, but redo surgery is more likely later. Who it suits, partial vs total, recovery, and questions to ask.
A reverse shoulder replacement lets the deltoid lift your arm when the rotator cuff is torn beyond repair. What it gives back, what it doesn’t, the real risks, recovery, and why it does less well under 60.
Hamstring, patellar tendon or quadriceps tendon? For ACL surgery, your own tissue beats donor tissue, especially if you’re young. The three grafts differ less in failure rates than in the soreness they leave behind. What to weigh and what to ask.
For young, active people, surgery after a first shoulder dislocation cuts the chance of it happening again from about 1 in 2 to about 1 in 16. For everyone else, the case is much weaker. Who it suits, the honest caveats, and questions to ask.