Thank you for sharing this information! It is refreshing to hear an honest report of the questionable practices of some medical practitioners. I had the personal experience with knees that you addressed and found they improved in time without the extended rest period, or surgery! Your videos are wonderful - easy to follow and quite inspiring for a Senior with limited mobility. I am so grateful for this service!
I’m so sorry for your loss. I am 93 years old. I live in California and exercise in the pool 5 days Week. I’ve been rather lazy the past 3 days and happened to come upon your video this morning. I walked (can’t run)LOL over to the pool and exercised for 40 minutes. Thank you so much. Betty
@@Uprighthealthyour video “sleeping on your side “ helped me a lot for a chronic problem of lump in the groin, severe pain in left thigh which traveled do to my ankle. Please help me, have a knot on the outer side of the knee (same leg). You are my angel ❤
In 2019 I had a hip replacement and six months later went back for a check up only to be told I would have to have the other replaced within six months. What to do in the meantime I asked "wait until its affecting daily life and replace" I followed your advice and started daily strengthening exercises and now 4 years later its only painful if I overdo certain movements that cause a flare.... I can walk long distances again. Thank you thank you for all your help. ATM. So sorry for the loss of your mother.
I’m so sorry dear for the loss of your Mom and the horrible treatment she received from the medical “expert”. I have learned so much from you. Thank you for your generosity and caring. ATM!!!
I'm very sorry about your mom. Thanks for this insight. I've recently been told that I need knee replacement surgery because it's a case of bone-on-bone arthritis, but the weird thing is that until I had an accident earlier this year, which triggered pain, I didn't have a problem. I don't just want to rely on injections (in fact, I want to avoid them entirely, as well as painkillers) to help with the pain, so I am now avoiding inflammatory foods and moving the joint as much as possible (mostly through walking). Thanks for confirming that I'm on the right track.
Same boat here, I've found that proper movements, exercise, strength training definitely helped, but honestly it was stem cell therapy that really helped supercharge everything else and got me back to doing everything I did before. Total life changer, and so much easier than the 3 surgeries I previously had that I deeply regret.
Hi I’m 72 had a stroke in 2019, cancer and a lot more. Thought I was doing good! now I find I get stiff in 2-3 hours. Learned to love the gym. And home cooked food. Love you 🎉. Take care and keep trying to help. We need you ❤
Hi! I am 70 and started dancing again (ballet) a few years ago. I have a degenerative meniscus condition, but feel that exercise can help reduce knee problems. THREE doctors suggested I "get a knee replacement while you're still young and strong" when I was only 66. I was advised not to jump in class if I insisted on dancing. Some things are still a little more difficult than others, but I have started to jump again! A year ago I started also studying kuchipudi dance, which is done with the knees bent almost the entire time, and I have increased my ability to bend them more. I also believe this -- along with other forms of exercise -- will help me maintain bone density. I still feel some strain at times, but I intend to continue to work on this. I am not yet doing enough exercise. People think that a joint replacement is an easy solution that doesn't require more than a couple weeks of physical therapy....that it's like fixing a car by replacing a part...people are very lazy! I like to remind people that at age two a child still cannot walk smoothly! So doing a few weeks of therapy isn't going to do the trick! I tore my meniscus in ballet class (on top of the degeneration) four years ago, and did physical therapy for six months, by myself, and then I was able to toss the walking stick aside. Thanks for advising people that "resting" is really not the best idea for all pain and stiffness. I also found when I was being treated for tendinitis in my lower arm that I did best when I didn't rest TOO much. It helped to continue some of the movements that caused the tendinitis in the first place. My local senior center was treating us all like invalids when I started attending off and on a few years ago. They would put out chairs for "exercise" classes, out of a fear I guess that someone would fall! When I attended I would do the class standing. Since then, the attitude has changed some, and more and more people are standing up. I think I set a good example! We are now "tearing up the floor" doing jazz dance on our feet! When I attended a 13 hour kuchipudi intensive a few months ago, one woman 20 years younger than me said, "You are an inspiration". I was exhausted at the end of the workshop, but so were the people who were 30 or 40 years younger than me! The last thing seniors should do is give in to the idea that they cannot avoid becoming weak and frail!!!!!
It’s all in our heads! My mother gave in to ‘being old’ and stopped doing anything at all when she reached the age of 50. She became weaker and weaker every time I saw her- last time I saw her she looked like a question mark, bent over, staring at the floor. I’m 64 now. I don’t drive or hire people to cook or clean or shop for me. I walk many blocks every day and I have a stretching routine - which I’m not nearly religious enough as I should be, but I’m in pretty dang good shape.
Excellent video, Matt. And bringing up the effects of zero gravity on the cartilage is insightful. Nobody gets an increase in muscle mass from lying around all day.
Dude! I'm loving your channel 👍I recently discovered you here on TH-cam just a few months ago and now I make a point to never miss a new video... My mom is in her late-70's and was just diagnosed with her 2nd meniscus tear, so she's looking at surgery and rehab. As a fitness pro. myself, I withered when I heard this - she's woefully overweight and out-of-shape and doesn't even seem interested in improving her strength. The core issue in my (ever so humble opinion) is the mindset/perspective she has on things like "health" and "fitness" - her thinking is a non-critical, over-trusting, naive and uninformed product of the dominant (and hazardous!) healthcare system paradigm. I try my best n' share my unconventional/alternative POV with her, but unfortunately, I'm far less eloquent than you are in these videos 😛I wish I could impress upon her how flawed the conventional system is and that all the prescriptions, injections and surgeries in the world won't help (CAN'T help) as much as building up some simple muscle strength and joint stability... THANK YOU for this wonderful channel and all the GOOD information you're propagating. You ROCK ☮
I am a retired nurse of 25 year service, mother fir 5. Our middle son fell out of our backyard tree and broke the growth plate in his left elbow when he was 8-his arm was casted for 6 weeks. This heathy boy keep on running and jumping until X-ray said that healing was done. When the cast was removed the arm had wasted - but within a month he was back to normal strength and size. He went on to to play football, win weight lifting competitions and serve in the US Army. Move it or lose it!
Yes, I had same experience after tendon transplant surgery and 3mth casting, but then the painful fun of physiotherapy begun and now leg is normal size again. But it was a shock to see leg after the cast was removed.
I heard an expert speak once about there not being an incentive to find a cure for something that has an entire industry built up around it. She was talking specifically about diabetes, but consider all that's involved before, during and after joint replacement. 😯 Horrors if we are able to find a better solution on our own.
Aging has taught me that doctors push meds without considering who they're treating... the person's age, how active they are, what may happen to their body's from taking it, etc. Unfortunately because we're not educated in medicine we sometimes don't know what questions to ask until side effects happen to us. I'm so sorry that happened to your mom, Matt.
You forgot to mention also how motivated versus how lazy someone can be. If someone is lazy and not motivated, then giving them pills is probably the only way to make them feel better. But not everybody is unmotivated. And those of us that are, and willing to put in the time, effort and energy, should be given that option, rather than just be prescribed meds.
I stepped in a hole and ripped a panhandle tear in my right meniscus in my knee. It was sutured and I was home off my leg for three weeks but NOT immobile. I limped around my house & did exercises. It healed and I’m happy with the results. I was in my late 40’s.
I love all your stuff so much. I tore the ligaments in my left knee in 1985. The doctors immobilized my knee for 30 days. Then offered a surgery that would cut my muscles to shorten them followed by months of immobilization. I refused the surgery which wasn't received well. The rehab they gave me instead was a lot of time in a brace not moving it. 6 months before I was allowed to be fully weight bearing. This has led to decades of problems. Your videos have been really helpful both in the unraveling of the imbalances and in the acknowledgement of the problem.
I require a full hip replacement. I am 70KG fitness instructor with damage to the Cartlidge. X rays show the hip has a loss of 2/3 of the Cartlidge. They say its a genetic deformity. Well rather than do as I was told and have a replacement I decided to stretch each day and walk for as long as I can with two 25kg weights. My hips much better and the Cartlidge feels much less clunky etc. I believe that weight makes Cartlidge grow and repair. If I need it, I will have hip resurfacing not a cheap replacement.
Very sorry for loss of you Mom. My Father was in his eighties when he went to hospital for nearly two weeks after he came home again he couldnt walk anymore and with everything else he had he passed away.
I appreciate your videos and insights as I also am hypermobile due to Ehlers Danlos. Due to lack of training of most doctors about it, except mainly geneticists and some rheums, I've had to learn about it myself via med journals and forums and reading books by geneticists. I repeatedly told my GP that propanolol and similar HR lowering meds made me feel MUCH WORSE as I have postural hypotension [ER diagnosed after another faint at 69 yrs old] and POTS, LOW blood pressure and slow HR. In the end I had to show him Dr Brad Tinkle's book on HEDS where he states quite clearly to avoid drugs like propanolol. We need HR increasing meds, salt instead.
Thank you for sharing your mother’s experience. Sadly it doesn’t surprise me. Doctors no doubt believe that they are doing good for their community but I feel that we give them too much power over us. We are expected to allow them to make decisions for us and if we ask too many questions they become furious as though we are not the custodians of our own bodies, the vehicle that transports our consciousness, our individuality our soul if you wish, throughout our lifetime. What arrogance! I appreciate that many doctors are short on time but assuming that their patients are too stupid to understand a thorough explanation is beyond arrogance its almost criminal. My heart goes out to you for the unnecessary stress you have endured during your mother’s last months. So sorry for your loss.
Hello there Sir !! Sorry about you loss 😢 about you work is always on point !! On the Healthcare issues I think is all a business that is why I only been to the doctor a hand full in my life am almost 60 yrs old and am on none med. Take care good holidays and prosperous New year !!
I love your video’s - easy to understand and from my experience - very true! Wondering about rebounders for arthritis of hips or knees or anywhere in your body
Just love when you share actual life stories that you experienced. It proves the science and doctors don’t know this??? Thought it was really nasty of that doctor to not inform you of those side effects beforehand. Well, he doesn’t make money otherwise.
Nasty isn't the word I'd use. Let's try incompetent uncaring criminal advice. Doctors should be prosecuted for murder only they are called malpractice.
We believe your logic, especially because of the loss of your mom, it will create more effort into researching this….good post. Condolences…thanks for sharing your knowledge and helping others, your mom would be proud.
A simple Google search on astronaut joints says "exposure to microgravity combined with radiation is likely to lead to joint cartilage thinning and degeneration, and consequently to OA after long-term space missions." I'm assuming OA means osteoarthritis, and a "longterm" space mission is anything over 30 days. Looks like you're right! That was a great illustration to give. So helpful!
I had a complete fracture of my left tibia and fibia at age 18. They put my leg in full length plaster for 9 months, firstly my broken bones never healed and secondly that immobilisation destroyed my knee joint and destroyed my calf muscle.
Hey excellent video I totally agree. I had a ligament tear and rested for 2 months and that was the biggest mistake. I want not able to move. Can you please let me know if we can build the cartilage back in hips with exercises? I really need this and and no doctor tells us. They say no blood supply so no growing back. But I have hope if I can build back my hip cartilage and do the proper exercise I can walk and stand and do other stuff. Btw I am only 26 and having these issues really depress me but I will work on it. Any suggestions are appreciated please
With osteoarthritis in the hip can you build cartilage with exercise ? as I have had amazing results from riding a bike 3 times per week, for 30 min each ride. Nearly all the pain is now gone from my hip, and nearly all my limp has gone
You're on target and all true. Matt what was most upsetting to me is that your mom's doctor pulled one over on you.What chance does a person without some medical knowledge and background have😔 I researching question everything and they hate it. I don't care though. I'm not doing what they tell me unless I feel it's right for me. Keep educating us!
Yes, same here. I research and research and research, and then research the research. I've been given bad advice from bad medical professionals, some of them specialists. Makes me feel for those actually take their advice.
Really sorry for what happened to your mom. I so understand your frustration…. We need to take our health in our own hands. Doctors are not the wizards they were made out to be. Interesting you should mention astronauts’ muscle loss. Vibration plates were developed by NASA to reduce the likelihood of loss of mobility. My experience shows that those really help, IF correctly used. Time spent on exercises and time needed to reach results is significantly reduced. I am really looking for realistic and effective hip, knee, APT and stability exercises to use with my plate, as realistic and no-nonsense as all of your recommendations which I really love. I’ve been told by PT that vibration plates go for passive exercise and are therefore less effective but my experience tells me otherwise. I’m well over 60, experienced major muscle loss. Have you considered looking into those ?
I am sorry for your loss and interactions with the medical profession. As a physician myself AND I regularly refer patients to your youtube channel - it is tiring that you constantly demonize physicians to boost your point. You should be able to make your point without putting others down.
I am a retired Nurse and I disagree.I think we. need more and more and more admonitions from people like Matt so that people are not hypnotized by the medical profession which seems to just not have th tools to help.too much advert. on TV, drugs and surgeries.We need a strong voice to really teach us the truth and this channel is fabulous!Thank s to Matt11
Many people now say that consuming more protein can keep muscle mass or even build muscles WITHOUT exercising. And those people increase protein intake by consuming sugar-bomb protein shake (including Ensure kinds of sugar bomb). You have to move your body to strengthen joins, build muscles.
I am sorry for your loss. Very frustrating especially since you're in the medical field. That doctor negated the fact that this was YOUR mom. I'd like to see his attitude if it was HIS mom!
A friend of mine with dementia, age 87, recently had a heart attack and got 3 stents. A few days later she was moved to a “rehab” place-where she is not allowed to leave her bed without assistance, and can’t even use a walker when accompanied by visiting family or friends! She’s been there for 3 weeks, getting weaker all the time. At home she had no history of falls and did not use a walker or even a cane. I am SO appalled and frustrated, but I’m not family and can’t get her transferred. I can’t even get her some exercise when I’m there, because of their Rules. Feeling helpless and angry. 😡
Rest doesn't regrow / improve cartilage. What does is moving the joint smoothly and repetitively under some load. Suggested forms of exercise include stationary bike and elliptical. Progress to more impact, e.g. treadmill / running, slowly and as tolerated. This is relatively recent research.
Unfortunately our healthcare system and education is mostly controlled by the pharmaceutical companies. Dr. Michael Gregor’s book How Not To Die lists doctors as a risk factor to our health. So sad and sorry for your loss.
Couldn’t recommend this video enough. So sorry to hear about your loss. It’s a tough time. 11 months ago, following corona and yes, not doing any exercise for a while, I was having trouble walking due to knee pain. I spoke to an orthopaedic surgeon, talking about a knee replacement. Then I slapped myself upside the head and started resistance training. I have some quad definition now and I can even run a bit and keep up with my younger long legged husband on the steep hills.
How timely. I find my knee joint pain IS relieved if I momentarily pause, for a day, my normal daily exercise. So I do, but only that one time. The relief lasts for quite a while after, and the difference is worth it as I can undertake greater joint stress for a while. If my pain worsens - I stop. 😎
Yes, I alternate rest, IR lamp treatment, antiinflammatory gel with exercise using hypermobile knee braces. If in pain I rest, when energy and less pain I exercise with braces. Without the braces now and with hypermobile knees I just end up in pain very quickly. My knees wobble around now at 70 yrs old.
I went through the same thing. I was taking care of my mom and you get these contradictory orders from doctors. When you ask questions, you almost get the filling like they're winging it.
I believe most Doctors do their best, but many have narrow areas of expertise. I have a good GP, but he's not good at everything. He couldn't help my planter fasciitis, nor could any other Doctor I tried. They're not miracle workers.
Thankyou , Doctors don't know , nor do they put the body together as one organism . To build tare down build up .rest a little . I am sixty five , was wasn't sedentary in the normal way but stood for hours in one place . I make myself walk now .
I get that the demographic of your viewers are probably young people. But, hearing about how your poor mother was bedridden, and losing muscle fast. If you had the opportunity of helping her to build up muscle, especially when she was at such a low point, could you recommend exercises for elderly people that they can do to start slowly, to build muscle… but not knock the crap out of them on their first day, to the point that they lose heart and don’t even want to try. I know personally when I was in this position, a few years ago, that doing small, incremental consistent resistance exercises finally paid off. It took me about two years to get there. I’m just trying to convince elderly family members to do the same. But it’s hard to find exercises that don’t make them lose heart after one day.
Two videos that are relevant: th-cam.com/video/ZdKaxGnTRJY/w-d-xo.html This is a workout I had my mom do the year BEFORE worsening dementia and physician assisted atrophy ushered her closer to death. th-cam.com/video/T1MFUVkqiW8/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for this heartening message. I am currently in that boat. I gave up trying some twenty years ago in frustration and am now frantically paddling upstream to try to build muscle again after being convinced that being old inevitably meant rest, rest and more rest, and the acceptance of quietly going into elderly morbidity! 😊
Thank you thank you for this common sense and advice that should be obvious to any clear thinking person. Unfortunately a lot of M D's don't exactly fit that profile do they? They are only too happy to be dismissive of older adults. So honestly sorry for your loss. I'd be furious at that doctor and wouldn't hesitate to complain about him to his medical governing body of peers. He shouldn't even be working if he's giving out such incompetent advice. That's why I've learned to treat myself. You can't trust any of them.😒
My brother was put into a.drug induced coma with Covid 19. He lost four and a half stone and lost the ability to walk. Every muscle wasted. It took four three month to 'recover'.
But what about extreme cartilage damage??? I have super extreme pain.Cartilage don't regrow😭 they can use me for cartilage regenerative therapy any day
I had knee pain from martial arts. I started taking collagen and that other supplement old people take that starts with a g and my knee pain is gone but now I get diarrhea lol.
I developed severe hip pain after more than twenty years of deep involvement in martial arts, and after that, running, lifting, Crossfit, SEALFit, and functional circuit training - lack of exercise was never my problem, and I'm having a hard time thinking that exercise is now going to alleviate my pain. I'm 59, and have needed a cane to walk for the last two years. It's a nice idea, though, and I truly hope someone can find relief in this way, because I cry out in the night when I try to turn over in bed.
Cartilage does regrow but very very slowly, that's because there is a lack of blood supply to the cartilage. Compared to muscles, which have immediate access to blood and can heal from micro tears in like a day. In fact, cartilage relies primarily on the movements of synovial fluid to heal, something scientists call dynamic loading and is in fact exactly what we do during resistance training.
@@potapotapotapotapotapota yeah I know about the fluid and movement but I've read that cartilage does not regrow. I'm interested because I've been told I need a full knee replacement due to damaged meniscus
@@fractalofgod6324 well since the knee joint can only move in two directions, try knee extensions and hamstring curls or you could also do some squats and deadlifts
Medical professionals and the profession are appalling, and their offhand remarks make me cringe. I am lucky. I am (was) a walker, with MS messing that up some. But my muscles , mostly, live to work. Love to work. And muscles spasms have one positive side effect: exercise. It seems I randomly alternate tense and relax muscles. I listen to the body. And we are recovering from various things like idly hacking my left knee against table legs, walls, etc. But all the muscles around the knee. I do not lean on the cane as it is balanced support, and I work to maintain my rhythm walking . My muscles love to work. Their reason for existence. I am 67 and pretty sure if I'd thought of walking troubles from MS, being caused by, I would likely be in a wheelchair. But all I want is to walk to the store, and back, at the worst. But I am boycotting medical professionals.
Adding my sincere regret as to what happened to your mom. Unfortunately this is typical of the medical community. Drugs are prescribed without consideration of patient’s size or tolerance of side effects. So many knee replacements and hip replacements are recommended without any recommendation to physical therapy to help increased movements for stretching connective tissues, without joint replacement which is irreversible and can come with bad side effects.
Thoughtful, but I wish you'd addressed the question of whether cartilage can actually heal or regrow at all, period. All doctors I have consulted with, on my meniscus tear and surgery, emphatically say NO. Damaged or diminished cartilage will NEVER come back. You just need to nurture and pamper what you have left. TH-cam is full of contrary stories about PRP or stem cell or other magical injections that magically restore cartilage. All BS. Are you capable of telling me something I can believe, in this regard?
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Thank you for sharing this information! It is refreshing to hear an honest report of the questionable practices of some medical practitioners. I had the personal experience with knees that you addressed and found they improved in time without the extended rest period, or surgery! Your videos are wonderful - easy to follow and quite inspiring for a Senior with limited mobility. I am so grateful for this service!
What do you think of the book “Built from broken”?
I’m so sorry for your loss. I am 93 years old. I live in California and exercise in the pool 5 days Week. I’ve been rather lazy the past 3 days and happened to come upon your video this morning. I walked (can’t run)LOL over to the pool and exercised for 40 minutes. Thank you so much. Betty
Good on you, Betty! You’re an inspiration to us all
NICE JOB BETTY! 🔥
@@Uprighthealthyour video “sleeping on your side “ helped me a lot for a chronic problem of lump in the groin, severe pain in left thigh which traveled do to my ankle. Please help me, have a knot on the outer side of the knee (same leg). You are my angel ❤
You are an inspiration Betty!!! Keep it up! Awesome!
In 2019 I had a hip replacement and six months later went back for a check up only to be told I would have to have the other replaced within six months. What to do in the meantime I asked "wait until its affecting daily life and replace"
I followed your advice and started daily strengthening exercises and now 4 years later its only painful if I overdo certain movements that cause a flare.... I can walk long distances again. Thank you thank you for all your help. ATM. So sorry for the loss of your mother.
I’m so sorry dear for the loss of your Mom and the horrible treatment she received from the medical “expert”. I have learned so much from you. Thank you for your generosity and caring. ATM!!!
I'm very sorry about your mom.
Thanks for this insight. I've recently been told that I need knee replacement surgery because it's a case of bone-on-bone arthritis, but the weird thing is that until I had an accident earlier this year, which triggered pain, I didn't have a problem. I don't just want to rely on injections (in fact, I want to avoid them entirely, as well as painkillers) to help with the pain, so I am now avoiding inflammatory foods and moving the joint as much as possible (mostly through walking). Thanks for confirming that I'm on the right track.
Same boat here, I've found that proper movements, exercise, strength training definitely helped, but honestly it was stem cell therapy that really helped supercharge everything else and got me back to doing everything I did before. Total life changer, and so much easier than the 3 surgeries I previously had that I deeply regret.
@@AdamJakowenko I'll have to look into that, thanks. I'd really like to avoid knee replacement surgery if I can!
Hi I’m 72 had a stroke in 2019, cancer and a lot more. Thought I was doing good! now I find I get stiff in 2-3 hours. Learned to love the gym. And home cooked food. Love you 🎉. Take care and keep trying to help. We need you ❤
Hi! I am 70 and started dancing again (ballet) a few years ago. I have a degenerative meniscus condition, but feel that exercise can help reduce knee problems. THREE doctors suggested I "get a knee replacement while you're still young and strong" when I was only 66. I was advised not to jump in class if I insisted on dancing. Some things are still a little more difficult than others, but I have started to jump again!
A year ago I started also studying kuchipudi dance, which is done with the knees bent almost the entire time, and I have increased my ability to bend them more. I also believe this -- along with other forms of exercise -- will help me maintain bone density.
I still feel some strain at times, but I intend to continue to work on this. I am not yet doing enough exercise.
People think that a joint replacement is an easy solution that doesn't require more than a couple weeks of physical therapy....that it's like fixing a car by replacing a part...people are very lazy! I like to remind people that at age two a child still cannot walk smoothly! So doing a few weeks of therapy isn't going to do the trick!
I tore my meniscus in ballet class (on top of the degeneration) four years ago, and did physical therapy for six months, by myself, and then I was able to toss the walking stick aside.
Thanks for advising people that "resting" is really not the best idea for all pain and stiffness. I also found when I was being treated for tendinitis in my lower arm that I did best when I didn't rest TOO much. It helped to continue some of the movements that caused the tendinitis in the first place.
My local senior center was treating us all like invalids when I started attending off and on a few years ago. They would put out chairs for "exercise" classes, out of a fear I guess that someone would fall! When I attended I would do the class standing.
Since then, the attitude has changed some, and more and more people are standing up. I think I set a good example! We are now "tearing up the floor" doing jazz dance on our feet! When I attended a 13 hour kuchipudi intensive a few months ago, one woman 20 years younger than me said, "You are an inspiration". I was exhausted at the end of the workshop, but so were the people who were 30 or 40 years younger than me!
The last thing seniors should do is give in to the idea that they cannot avoid becoming weak and frail!!!!!
It’s all in our heads! My mother gave in to ‘being old’ and stopped doing anything at all when she reached the age of 50. She became weaker and weaker every time I saw her- last time I saw her she looked like a question mark, bent over, staring at the floor. I’m 64 now. I don’t drive or hire people to cook or clean or shop for me. I walk many blocks every day and I have a stretching routine - which I’m not nearly religious enough as I should be, but I’m in pretty dang good shape.
Excellent video, Matt. And bringing up the effects of zero gravity on the cartilage is insightful. Nobody gets an increase in muscle mass from lying around all day.
I'm so sorry they did that to your Mom. You are the best, Thank you for ALWAYS taking care of us regular folk.
I've been off my daily walking routine for 2 weeks, but ive been doing hip rotations as per Matt. My knee is healing finally.
I'm so sorry you lost your Mum. Thank you for the information you give us, love watching your videos, stay strong xxx
Dude! I'm loving your channel 👍I recently discovered you here on TH-cam just a few months ago and now I make a point to never miss a new video... My mom is in her late-70's and was just diagnosed with her 2nd meniscus tear, so she's looking at surgery and rehab. As a fitness pro. myself, I withered when I heard this - she's woefully overweight and out-of-shape and doesn't even seem interested in improving her strength. The core issue in my (ever so humble opinion) is the mindset/perspective she has on things like "health" and "fitness" - her thinking is a non-critical, over-trusting, naive and uninformed product of the dominant (and hazardous!) healthcare system paradigm. I try my best n' share my unconventional/alternative POV with her, but unfortunately, I'm far less eloquent than you are in these videos 😛I wish I could impress upon her how flawed the conventional system is and that all the prescriptions, injections and surgeries in the world won't help (CAN'T help) as much as building up some simple muscle strength and joint stability... THANK YOU for this wonderful channel and all the GOOD information you're propagating. You ROCK ☮
I am a retired nurse of 25 year service, mother fir 5. Our middle son fell out of our backyard tree and broke the growth plate in his left elbow when he was 8-his arm was casted for 6 weeks. This heathy boy keep on running and jumping until X-ray said that healing was done. When the cast was removed the arm had wasted - but within a month he was back to normal strength and size. He went on to to play football, win weight lifting competitions and serve in the US Army. Move it or lose it!
Yes, I had same experience after tendon transplant surgery and 3mth casting, but then the painful fun of physiotherapy begun and now leg is normal size again. But it was a shock to see leg after the cast was removed.
I heard an expert speak once about there not being an incentive to find a cure for something that has an entire industry built up around it. She was talking specifically about diabetes, but consider all that's involved before, during and after joint replacement. 😯 Horrors if we are able to find a better solution on our own.
I so appreciate your integrity!!
I am so sorry about your mom! Our medical system needs improvement! Thank you for helping us!
Sorry for your loss.
Thanks for the reminder "ATM". Yes atrophy aches. Rest is dangerous.
Aging has taught me that doctors push meds without considering who they're treating... the person's age, how active they are, what may happen to their body's from taking it, etc. Unfortunately because we're not educated in medicine we sometimes don't know what questions to ask until side effects happen to us.
I'm so sorry that happened to your mom, Matt.
You forgot to mention also how motivated versus how lazy someone can be. If someone is lazy and not motivated, then giving them pills is probably the only way to make them feel better. But not everybody is unmotivated. And those of us that are, and willing to put in the time, effort and energy, should be given that option, rather than just be prescribed meds.
@@AlphaGeekgirl it's up to the doctor to ask questions and learn who your are before prescribing any medications.
I am sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing.
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45 and feeling better than i did at 25 (even as a young USAF officer!) by applying your advice and others'
Same!!
I stepped in a hole and ripped a panhandle tear in my right meniscus in my knee. It was sutured and I was home off my leg for three weeks but NOT immobile. I limped around my house & did exercises. It healed and I’m happy with the results. I was in my late 40’s.
I love all your stuff so much. I tore the ligaments in my left knee in 1985. The doctors immobilized my knee for 30 days. Then offered a surgery that would cut my muscles to shorten them followed by months of immobilization. I refused the surgery which wasn't received well. The rehab they gave me instead was a lot of time in a brace not moving it. 6 months before I was allowed to be fully weight bearing. This has led to decades of problems. Your videos have been really helpful both in the unraveling of the imbalances and in the acknowledgement of the problem.
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I require a full hip replacement. I am 70KG fitness instructor with damage to the Cartlidge. X rays show the hip has a loss of 2/3 of the Cartlidge. They say its a genetic deformity. Well rather than do as I was told and have a replacement I decided to stretch each day and walk for as long as I can with two 25kg weights. My hips much better and the Cartlidge feels much less clunky etc. I believe that weight makes Cartlidge grow and repair. If I need it, I will have hip resurfacing not a cheap replacement.
Good info, as always! Thx for what you do!
Very sorry for loss of you Mom. My Father was in his eighties when he went to hospital for nearly two weeks after he came home again he couldnt walk anymore and with everything else he had he passed away.
Wonderfully informative. Thank you so much.
Awesome information. Thanks so much 👍
So sorry for your loss..I rememeber watching one video of yours where you are teaching your mum some exercises....may she rest in peace...
I appreciate your videos and insights as I also am hypermobile due to Ehlers Danlos. Due to lack of training of most doctors about it, except mainly geneticists and some rheums, I've had to learn about it myself via med journals and forums and reading books by geneticists. I repeatedly told my GP that propanolol and similar HR lowering meds made me feel MUCH WORSE as I have postural hypotension [ER diagnosed after another faint at 69 yrs old] and POTS, LOW blood pressure and slow HR. In the end I had to show him Dr Brad Tinkle's book on HEDS where he states quite clearly to avoid drugs like propanolol. We need HR increasing meds, salt instead.
Thank you for sharing your mother’s experience. Sadly it doesn’t surprise me. Doctors no doubt believe that they are doing good for their community but I feel that we give them too much power over us. We are expected to allow them to make decisions for us and if we ask too many questions they become furious as though we are not the custodians of our own bodies, the vehicle that transports our consciousness, our individuality our soul if you wish, throughout our lifetime. What arrogance! I appreciate that many doctors are short on time but assuming that their patients are too stupid to understand a thorough explanation is beyond arrogance its almost criminal.
My heart goes out to you for the unnecessary stress you have endured during your mother’s last months. So sorry for your loss.
Hello there Sir !! Sorry about you loss 😢 about you work is always on point !! On the Healthcare issues I think is all a business that is why I only been to the doctor a hand full in my life am almost 60 yrs old and am on none med. Take care good holidays and prosperous New year !!
I love your video’s - easy to understand and from my experience - very true! Wondering about rebounders for arthritis of hips or knees or anywhere in your body
I agree with your opinion. I'm so sorry for your loss. God bless you.
Thanks!
Thanks for your support!
Sorry for your loss! ❤
Thank you so much for your honesty. ❤
Just love when you share actual life stories that you experienced. It proves the science and doctors don’t know this??? Thought it was really nasty of that doctor to not inform you of those side effects beforehand. Well, he doesn’t make money otherwise.
Nasty isn't the word I'd use. Let's try incompetent uncaring criminal advice. Doctors should be prosecuted for murder only they are called malpractice.
I really love and appreciate you, Matt. Thank you so much. You are making a significant difference.
Thank you very much for the great job. Very useful. 🙏🏻😊
We believe your logic, especially because of the loss of your mom, it will create more effort into researching this….good post. Condolences…thanks for sharing your knowledge and helping others, your mom would be proud.
A simple Google search on astronaut joints says "exposure to microgravity combined with radiation is likely to lead to joint cartilage thinning and degeneration, and consequently to OA after long-term space missions." I'm assuming OA means osteoarthritis, and a "longterm" space mission is anything over 30 days. Looks like you're right! That was a great illustration to give. So helpful!
Sorry for the loss of your mum. That's heartbreaking for you and your family..
I had a complete fracture of my left tibia and fibia at age 18. They put my leg in full length plaster for 9 months, firstly my broken bones never healed and secondly that immobilisation destroyed my knee joint and destroyed my calf muscle.
Love your stuff❤ thanks Matt
Hey excellent video I totally agree. I had a ligament tear and rested for 2 months and that was the biggest mistake. I want not able to move.
Can you please let me know if we can build the cartilage back in hips with exercises? I really need this and and no doctor tells us. They say no blood supply so no growing back. But I have hope if I can build back my hip cartilage and do the proper exercise I can walk and stand and do other stuff. Btw I am only 26 and having these issues really depress me but I will work on it. Any suggestions are appreciated please
@@saachisrivastava6279 hi. How are you doing now
Great insights once again. Your mom would be proud.
I agree completely, at 71 muscle loss is rapid and cartilage doesn't grow back or I'd be a young man again.
I’m very confused now? What to do to deal with knee arthritis???
Any video on safe knee movement??
With osteoarthritis in the hip can you build cartilage with exercise ? as I have had amazing results from riding a bike 3 times per week, for 30 min each ride. Nearly all the pain is now gone from my hip, and nearly all my limp has gone
You're on target and all true. Matt what was most upsetting to me is that your mom's doctor pulled one over on you.What chance does a person without some medical knowledge and background have😔 I researching question everything and they hate it. I don't care though. I'm not doing what they tell me unless I feel it's right for me.
Keep educating us!
Yes, same here. I research and research and research, and then research the research. I've been given bad advice from bad medical professionals, some of them specialists. Makes me feel for those actually take their advice.
i Hope you Can make a video about sports hernia and pubalgia thank you so much
Really sorry for what happened to your mom. I so understand your frustration…. We need to take our health in our own hands. Doctors are not the wizards they were made out to be.
Interesting you should mention astronauts’ muscle loss. Vibration plates were developed by NASA to reduce the likelihood of loss of mobility. My experience shows that those really help, IF correctly used. Time spent on exercises and time needed to reach results is significantly reduced. I am really looking for realistic and effective hip, knee, APT and stability exercises to use with my plate, as realistic and no-nonsense as all of your recommendations which I really love. I’ve been told by PT that vibration plates go for passive exercise and are therefore less effective but my experience tells me otherwise. I’m well over 60, experienced major muscle loss. Have you considered looking into those ?
I am sorry for your loss and interactions with the medical profession. As a physician myself AND I regularly refer patients to your youtube channel - it is tiring that you constantly demonize physicians to boost your point. You should be able to make your point without putting others down.
I am a retired Nurse and I disagree.I think we. need more and more and more admonitions from people like Matt so that people are not hypnotized by the medical profession which seems to just not have th tools to help.too much advert. on TV, drugs and surgeries.We need a strong voice to really teach us the truth and this channel is fabulous!Thank s to Matt11
Thank you as always! ATM!
Many people now say that consuming more protein can keep muscle mass or even build muscles WITHOUT exercising. And those people increase protein intake by consuming sugar-bomb protein shake (including Ensure kinds of sugar bomb). You have to move your body to strengthen joins, build muscles.
I am sorry for your loss. Very frustrating especially since you're in the medical field. That doctor negated the fact that this was YOUR mom. I'd like to see his attitude if it was HIS mom!
Hey Matt, Are you aware of any studies on hip replacement surgery as it relates to pain?
What was the name of the drug ?
Any tips for preventing iliolumbar ligament pain which i’ve torn frequently for the last 25 years? Will strengthening the surrounding muscles help?
A friend of mine with dementia, age 87, recently had a heart attack and got 3 stents. A few days later she was moved to a “rehab” place-where she is not allowed to leave her bed without assistance, and can’t even use a walker when accompanied by visiting family or friends! She’s been there for 3 weeks, getting weaker all the time. At home she had no history of falls and did not use a walker or even a cane. I am SO appalled and frustrated, but I’m not family and can’t get her transferred. I can’t even get her some exercise when I’m there, because of their Rules. Feeling helpless and angry. 😡
Rest doesn't regrow / improve cartilage. What does is moving the joint smoothly and repetitively under some load. Suggested forms of exercise include stationary bike and elliptical. Progress to more impact, e.g. treadmill / running, slowly and as tolerated. This is relatively recent research.
Unfortunately our healthcare system and education is mostly controlled by the pharmaceutical companies. Dr. Michael Gregor’s book How Not To Die lists doctors as a risk factor to our health. So sad and sorry for your loss.
Couldn’t recommend this video enough. So sorry to hear about your loss. It’s a tough time.
11 months ago, following corona and yes, not doing any exercise for a while, I was having trouble walking due to knee pain. I spoke to an orthopaedic surgeon, talking about a knee replacement. Then I slapped myself upside the head and started resistance training. I have some quad definition now and I can even run a bit and keep up with my younger long legged husband on the steep hills.
How timely. I find my knee joint pain IS relieved if I momentarily pause, for a day, my normal daily exercise. So I do, but only that one time. The relief lasts for quite a while after, and the difference is worth it as I can undertake greater joint stress for a while. If my pain worsens - I stop. 😎
Yes, I alternate rest, IR lamp treatment, antiinflammatory gel with exercise using hypermobile knee braces. If in pain I rest, when energy and less pain I exercise with braces. Without the braces now and with hypermobile knees I just end up in pain very quickly. My knees wobble around now at 70 yrs old.
Do you have any suggestions on building muscle when you have Neuromuscular Scoliosis? 😊
Motion is lotion (coming from someone in the know).
I went through the same thing. I was taking care of my mom and you get these contradictory orders from doctors. When you ask questions, you almost get the filling like they're winging it.
I believe most Doctors do their best, but many have narrow areas of expertise. I have a good GP, but he's not good at everything. He couldn't help my planter fasciitis, nor could any other Doctor I tried. They're not miracle workers.
where is your office located?
Thankyou , Doctors don't know , nor do they put the body together as one organism .
To build tare down build up .rest a little .
I am sixty five , was wasn't sedentary in the normal way but stood for hours in one place . I make myself walk now .
You scared the beejeebers out of me! I am never napping again, and won't stop moving.
I get that the demographic of your viewers are probably young people. But, hearing about how your poor mother was bedridden, and losing muscle fast. If you had the opportunity of helping her to build up muscle, especially when she was at such a low point, could you recommend exercises for elderly people that they can do to start slowly, to build muscle… but not knock the crap out of them on their first day, to the point that they lose heart and don’t even want to try. I know personally when I was in this position, a few years ago, that doing small, incremental consistent resistance exercises finally paid off. It took me about two years to get there. I’m just trying to convince elderly family members to do the same. But it’s hard to find exercises that don’t make them lose heart after one day.
Your low and slow is the way to go. Maybe also only do one exercise at a time. I sometimes do one while boiling the kettle etc..
Two videos that are relevant: th-cam.com/video/ZdKaxGnTRJY/w-d-xo.html
This is a workout I had my mom do the year BEFORE worsening dementia and physician assisted atrophy ushered her closer to death. th-cam.com/video/T1MFUVkqiW8/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for this heartening message. I am currently in that boat. I gave up trying some twenty years ago in frustration and am now frantically paddling upstream to try to build muscle again after being convinced that being old inevitably meant rest, rest and more rest, and the acceptance of quietly going into elderly morbidity! 😊
Thank you thank you for this common sense and advice that should be obvious to any clear thinking person. Unfortunately a lot of M D's don't exactly fit that profile do they?
They are only too happy to be dismissive of older adults. So honestly sorry for your loss. I'd be furious at that doctor and wouldn't hesitate to complain about him to his medical governing body of peers. He shouldn't even be working if he's giving out such incompetent advice. That's why I've learned to treat myself.
You can't trust any of them.😒
My brother was put into a.drug induced coma with Covid 19. He lost four and a half stone and lost the ability to walk. Every muscle wasted. It took four three month to 'recover'.
I understand this with my own mom. I’m so sorry (and angry 😡!) Thanks for your info!
But what about extreme cartilage damage??? I have super extreme pain.Cartilage don't regrow😭 they can use me for cartilage regenerative therapy any day
The only time you should rest is when you exercise something too much!
This is my personal philosophy.
I'm so sorry about your mom, Matt. Movement is medicine.
I had knee pain from martial arts. I started taking collagen and that other supplement old people take that starts with a g and my knee pain is gone but now I get diarrhea lol.
Lawsuit against that doctor
It takes a long time to get over passing of your Mom. Try to stay busy. volunteer, help others. etc.
I developed severe hip pain after more than twenty years of deep involvement in martial arts, and after that, running, lifting, Crossfit, SEALFit, and functional circuit training - lack of exercise was never my problem, and I'm having a hard time thinking that exercise is now going to alleviate my pain. I'm 59, and have needed a cane to walk for the last two years. It's a nice idea, though, and I truly hope someone can find relief in this way, because I cry out in the night when I try to turn over in bed.
Sorry to hear about your mom.
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"Active troubleshooting" is probably the best advice one sick individual can receive
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Does cartilage regrow? I thought the answer was no.
Cartilage does regrow but very very slowly, that's because there is a lack of blood supply to the cartilage. Compared to muscles, which have immediate access to blood and can heal from micro tears in like a day. In fact, cartilage relies primarily on the movements of synovial fluid to heal, something scientists call dynamic loading and is in fact exactly what we do during resistance training.
@@potapotapotapotapotapota yeah I know about the fluid and movement but I've read that cartilage does not regrow. I'm interested because I've been told I need a full knee replacement due to damaged meniscus
@@fractalofgod6324 well it does regrow slowly but you can aid regeneration by loading your joints
@@potapotapotapotapotapota ok so how do I load my knee joint in order to regrow my meniscus? Walking?
@@fractalofgod6324 well since the knee joint can only move in two directions, try knee extensions and hamstring curls or you could also do some squats and deadlifts
Medical professionals and the profession are appalling, and their offhand remarks make me cringe. I am lucky. I am (was) a walker, with MS messing that up some. But my muscles , mostly, live to work. Love to work.
And muscles spasms have one positive side effect: exercise. It seems I randomly alternate tense and relax muscles.
I listen to the body. And we are recovering from various things like idly hacking my left knee against table legs, walls, etc. But all the muscles around the knee. I do not lean on the cane as it is balanced support, and I work to maintain my rhythm walking .
My muscles love to work. Their reason for existence. I am 67 and pretty sure if I'd thought of walking troubles from MS, being caused by, I would likely be in a wheelchair. But all I want is to walk to the store, and back, at the worst.
But I am boycotting medical professionals.
Adding my sincere regret as to what happened to your mom. Unfortunately this is typical of the medical community. Drugs are prescribed without consideration of patient’s size or tolerance of side effects. So many knee replacements and hip replacements are recommended without any recommendation to physical therapy to help increased movements for stretching connective tissues, without joint replacement which is irreversible and can come with bad side effects.
Thoughtful, but I wish you'd addressed the question of whether cartilage can actually heal or regrow at all, period. All doctors I have consulted with, on my meniscus tear and surgery, emphatically say NO. Damaged or diminished cartilage will NEVER come back. You just need to nurture and pamper what you have left. TH-cam is full of contrary stories about PRP or stem cell or other magical injections that magically restore cartilage. All BS. Are you capable of telling me something I can believe, in this regard?
Swim swim swim
Not surprised you was mad. Doctors playing God. Sorry about your mum.
What a bad doctor your mom had. Not all doctors are created equal. I am sorry to hear about your mom.
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