Exercise and weight loss can help ease symptoms
Page Leggett
Making an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon to discuss joint pain doesn’t always lead to surgery. That’s the message Dr. Colton Wood of Novant Health Orthopedics & Sports Medicine in Thomasville wants you to know. In fact, he hopes to keep you from having surgery.
More than 32.5 million American adults have osteoarthritis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s also the condition Wood treats most often. There’s a lot you can do to treat arthritis pain before resorting to surgery.
Let’s start with the basics. Wood addressed several questions about joint pain to help us better understand this condition.