"...I have OA in my left knee along with chronic swelling. Should I continue to play golf? Am I doing damage?" - James Schrimshire

Our reply: "The fact that you have swelling means your knee is chronically irritated. Being on your feet for too much is likely going to continue to cause swelling. That means that golf is probably not the best thing to be doing right now...You need to get that swelling under control!"

James' reply: "Thanks for the reply. My doc said that I would probably have to come in occasionally and have him draw the water off of my knee until I decide it is time to have the knee replacement. He has tried cortisone injection and various nsaids, and ice. Nothing affects it. It actually seems to be better when I workout or play golf."

Chronic knee swelling often happens when knee arthritis is not managed properly. There is so much confusion on what to do about swelling when it comes to knee arthritis.

Many people just charge ahead with life and suffer the consequences of quickly progressing knee arthritis. They're making their knee worse every day they keep the swelling there.

Doctors don't always know what to do. Since their training is in medicine, they usually offer anti-inflammatory injections and medications but that only give temporary relief.

Getting the swelling to calm down for the long term to get knee arthritis under control requires looking at the mechanical pressures and loading going through the knee joint.

That's what we talk about here in this video.

👇Here's the playlist of knee arthritis videos we mentioned:
“Knee Arthritis Pain Help”
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