<p>Being double jointed was pretty cool when I was 12, but that was years ago. Now I often need to use a cane, but unlike Dr House, I can’t move very fast, because I can’t use it in the correct hand due to severe arthritis. :p</p>
<p>I have been seeing a physical therapist for six months, the limit of time that my ins will pay without elaborate justification, because now they consider it " maintenance".
Not psychologically ready for a knee replacement, but ready to try almost anything else.</p>
<p>Makoplasty is apparently a trademarked procedure that uses a robotic arm to resurface the knee. I have no idea if the orthopedic surgeon is going to recommend it, as I haven’t even had an MRI yet, but he specializes in knees and shoulders and is a procedure he mentions on his website. ( I haven’t brought myself to watch the video yet)</p>
<p>With the wealth of experience on CC I wondered if anyone has heard of this or had experience with it?</p>
<p>No, but I had a hip replacement at the age of 44 due to similar secondary effects of being hyperflexic. I had a arthroscopic procedure to resurface the other hip. I would choose the replacement any day.</p>
<p>That’s encouraging. Both my mother & grandmother had knee replacements, but they were about twenty years older than I am. I also am ( or was) more active than they were, but my arthritis is much worse.</p>
<p>I’m double jointed in my nucukles on my hands (i can do weird stuff with them that freaks my mom out lol) and my toes. They do, however, on occasion get sore. Luckily it isn’t in my knees (rather they are out of alinment with my body, and the only thing i was told i could do was PT or loose weight, I’ve done both since).</p>
<p>I have an older friend who has had both knees done, along with her back and sholders and she still goes out and gets on the four wheeler and checks on the animals and such. She has to use a cane sometimes, but other than that its all good.</p>
<p>Tell me, please, why is being double jointed so problematic. I am really wondering, why are my hips hurting in my 50s, now that I am doing yoga regularly and can do the splitz again? Is being flexible risking joint damage?</p>
<p>Double jointed means you have extra loose ligaments, putting more stress on the bones and muscles. My knees hyper extend and lock backward if I am standing still.
[BBC</a> NEWS | Health | Double jointed: Curse or blessing?](<a href=“http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7523248.stm]BBC”>BBC NEWS | Health | Double jointed: Curse or blessing?)
Doing yoga is ok, but you have to be really careful.
If you have piriformis issues, as people often do, you might try pigeon pose, it is good to stretch out the hips.</p>
<p>The robotic procedures can result in less blood loss, and shorter times in the hospital; however, there is no evidence that makoplasty is more effective than the traditional arthroplasty. (Weirdly, I was just researching this the other day for my less-than-great knee.) In the case of robotic prostate surgery, the above is true as well, and additionally there is some evidence that the longer-term outcomes are worse than that for the traditional surgery. (For example, see [this</a> NY Times article](<a href=“http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/11/hospitals-with-robots-do-more-prostate-cancer-surgery/]this”>Prostate Cance Surgery More Common in Hospitals With Robots - The New York Times).) In short, the evidence so far is that robotic procedures are mostly just more expensive for little or no benefit to the patient.</p>
<p>I’m not a physician, you should research this yourself of course.</p>
<p>Oh dear! Sorry to hear of your woes and don’t have any experience in the procedures you mention. Am concerned that D may have some issues down the road, as she is VERY flexible but fortunately arthritis doesn’t appear to fun in our family.</p>