📩 Comment NEWSLETTER and I’ll send you a link to my FREE weekly newsletter with more evidence-based health, orthopedic, recovery, and private practice information. After 15 years as an orthopedic surgeon, there are a few things I wish more people understood 👇 1️⃣ Losing weight can have a huge impact on your knees. Research suggests every 1 lb of weight loss can reduce the load across the knee by roughly 4 lbs per step. Even modest weight loss can make a difference. 🦵 2️⃣ Most low back pain does NOT need surgery. Roughly 90% of acute low back pain episodes improve with conservative treatment. 💪 3️⃣ Stem cells do not magically regrow cartilage. 🧬 There is still no convincing high-quality human evidence that stem-cell injections reliably regenerate normal articular cartilage in an arthritic joint. Be careful with anyone promising otherwise. 4️⃣ Sleep may be the most underrated recovery tool we have. 😴 Your body performs critical recovery and repair processes while you sleep. Fo...