A call for a focus on exercise and physical treatment, not drugs, to help patients with knee problems
A call for a focus on exercise and physical treatment, not drugs, to help patients with knee problems
4 October 2019
Otago University researchers are projecting costs associated with the knee osteoarthritis will nearly double to 370-million-dollars by 2038.
Dr Ross Wilson says he thinks there's too much reliance on drugs as a treatment.
He says that's partly because people in pain naturally want to target it directly.
Wilson says earlier physical intervention might help reduce underlying causes of osteoarthritis - like aging and obesity.
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