MFR 123: Thoughts on Knee Surgery
Mojo For Running Podcast
debbie voiles
4.9 • 555 Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2017
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
This episode is about knee surgery for runners, the considerations, topics for thought. It will not tell you when you need surgery. I'm not a doctor. It doesn't bash knee surgery, not at all, but it is food for thought, things to consider, if knee surgery may be in your future, or if a medical […]
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Debbie Boyles, coach at Mojo for Running with episode number 123. |
| 0:06.3 | Knee surgery, two scary words. |
| 0:31.2 | Music Welcome to the Mojo for Running podcast. I'm the coach, Debbie Boyles, and this is the podcast for middle of the packers, regular people not afraid to work up a sweat, who embrace the outdoors |
| 0:36.6 | and that wonderful feeling of |
| 0:38.4 | endorphins surging through their veins. My goal is to provide the information you need to achieve |
| 0:44.3 | your goals. Knee surgery. Those are two scary words, but they need me. They're very serious, |
| 0:53.3 | though, and that's why I'm doing this podcast episode, because I think |
| 0:56.8 | I can provide you with some insight into the experiences of many runners I've known over the |
| 1:01.8 | years, and you'll be able to benefit from the lessons they learned without suffering the |
| 1:06.0 | negative consequences some of them experienced. |
| 1:08.9 | In other cases, though, it's quite a happy story and hearing it will help you make the best possible choice if you're faced with deciding whether or not you should have knee surgery. Just one quick request first. If you're on Instagram, I hope you'll follow me at at Run Tampa. I'm on Twitter as well at that |
| 1:29.6 | same handle. I think that's what they call it. Follow me and please comment that you're a podcast |
| 1:35.5 | listener. I love getting a chance to interact with you that way. Okay, now let's talk about those |
| 1:41.7 | two scary words, knee surgery. |
| 1:47.3 | I'm not intending here to scare you away from surgery. |
| 1:49.3 | Sometimes that's the best option. |
| 1:53.9 | But like anything else, I firmly believe, and I think most of you all believe, |
| 1:56.2 | that it should be the last option. |
| 2:00.6 | I think almost all physicians would agree with that, but to varying degrees. |
| 2:06.1 | In the next few minutes, I'm going to describe several experiences with the knee surgery option and the knee surgery outcome, my own experience and that of people I've known over the |
| 2:11.6 | years. I should say this. Many people with knee pain when they run report to me after many questions that they've had knee |
| 2:20.9 | trouble before due to sports they played in school. Well, in such a case, their knee pain had |
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