After joint replacement many people feel they have been given a new lease of life. Many want to go back to the sporting activities they followed before their joint became painful. This may be a risk and a recent study in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery has shown that patients usually do not go back to their previous levels.

Pain relief has always been the primary purpose of replacing a joint but recent generations have concentrated more on what they can do with their joint as well.

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British Medical Journal (BMJ)

05/27/2002
By Harvey McConnell

Physiotherapy training can reduce the prevalence of urinary incontinence in women after giving birth, reducing the severity of incontinence and helping women learn to perform pelvic floor exercises at adequate levels.

Researchers tracked incontinence in 676 women three months after they had forceps or ventouse deliveries or gave birth to babies weighing 4,000 grams or more. Births took place at one of three tertiary teachi...
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