health
Does knee arthritis stop you walking
the golf course?
Richard Fellner
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A
part from the emotional pain
of missing an important putt or
spraying your drives into the trees,
few things can hurt a golfer more than
physical pain when on the course. When our
bodies limit our movements to a point that
we struggle to just walk the course or make
a decent swing, it can deal a serious blow to
our enjoyment of the game.
On a scale of zero to ten, where ten is the
worst pain possible, Stephen’s pain was
at a nine. He was told he needed a knee
replacement, but chose instead to get
treatment via Knee Institute Australia, which
consists of a five-week program of weekly
injections under anaesthetic and ultrasound
to help relieve the pain.
And while some people can get a bit
hesitant around needles, Stephen reports
that there was no pain from the i