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/Highlights/ Effects of Exercise on Ostoarthritis - Dr Søren Thorgaard Skou (Pt3)

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Exercise before joint replacement surgery helps patients recover faster, mirroring benefits seen in cancer surgery.
This episode features an interview with an osteoarthritis researcher discussing evidence that exercise is an effective, low-cost alternative to surgery for pain reduction, though healthcare systems often fail to prioritize it. The conversation covers mechanisms of pain relief, exercise types, and broader research career advice.

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Osteoarthritis exercise is treated as a whole-joint question rather than a narrow fix for one structure.

Osteoarthritis exercise is treated here as a question about the whole joint, and even the whole body, rather than a fix for one tissue alone. The discussion draws on more than 10 years of work on osteoarthritis, including trials comparing exercise with surgery, and a recent…

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A relaxed look at osteoarthritis, exercise, and surgery from a researcher's point of view.

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