The knee is an important joint. It works tirelessly — bending, flexing, carrying us about our everyday lives. Yet this essential tool in everyday mobility is also largely forgotten until something goes wrong.

On these pages you'll find a wealth of information about the knee; how it works, how it can be damaged, and how we can repair it. There are details of advanced surgical procedures undertaken by myself and my colleagues, together with example exercises and rehabilitative programmes that are tailored for our patients.

I must stress that these pages are provided for general information only — you should never undertake any part of a programme unless instructed by your consultant or physiotherapist.

If you have had or are about to undertake knee surgery in my care, I hope that you will find these pages useful. As always, if you have any further questions please don't hesitate to contact my office.

Best wishes,

TIM SPALDING FRCS Orth

LATEST NEWS

New treatment to replace torn meniscus (footballers cartilage) in the knee. Trimming or removal of a torn cartilage in the knee is a very common operation and usually results in good success but some people still experience significant pain. If the knee is not too worn then there is the new possibility of a technique to replace the meniscus. The recovery period is long as the body has to grow in to the new implanted meniscus and it was recently the subject of an article in the Daily Mail. This featured a patient that Mr Spalding has recently treated. For more information please read the website link below or visit www.menaflex.co.uk
[Daily Mail Report]

Congratulations Sarah! Two years after Mr Spalding operated on her knee injury, Sarah Webb — together with her team-mates Sarah Ayton and Pippa Wilson — won her second Olympic Gold Medal in the Yngling class sailing event in Beijing on Sunday 17 August 2008. [BBC Report]

New Zimmer® Gender Solutions™ Knee Replacement implant: pioneering new knee implant designed to fit the different shape and size of women's knees, offering a better fit solution and providing more natural movement. [More…]

See Mr Spalding presenting his work on repair techniques for the bearing surface of the knee (articular cartilage repair) at the recent international conference on cartilage repair in Warsaw, Poland September 2007.
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Last Updated: 25 Nov 08