Knees

Recently, the weather has made abrupt changes. One week the weather consists of 70-degree temperatures and beautiful sunny days. Then, abruptly, the next week’s weather is cold and rainy with near below freezing nights. Subsequently, my right...

It would have been easy for Sam Malone to give up last season. However, Malone, a sophomore walk-on at Kentucky, didn't think twice about quitting tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee for the second time in his career. After four...

Anyone who watches sports even only occasionally realizes how devastating knee injuries are for star athletes. Typically, athletes who suffer from an ACL injury are out for the rest of the season and must undergo knee surgery with a six to eight week...

Even though he had already been through three knee surgeries in the last four years, Kentucky guard Sam Malone has struggled a bit with his recovery from surgery last week to repair his latest knee injury. Malone, a freshman walk-on, underwent surgery...

By LARRY VAUGHT larry@amnews.com LEXINGTON — After Kentucky beat Central Michigan 27-13 Saturday, UK sophomore tailback Raymond Sanders was all smiles as he talked about his team’s improved running game and how freshman Josh Clemons’ 87-...

In August 2001, Dick Butkus was approached with a deal. If he would record a radio advertisement, he would be given an EBCT heart scan. The scan normally would have cost about $15,000 and insurance didn't cover it. "What the hell," Butkus said. "I hadn'...

Philadelphia 76ers center Andrew Bynum is still feeling pain in his left knee, according to an Associated Press report. The Lakers made the blockbuster trade over the off-season to acquire Dwight Howard in exchange for arguably the league's second-...

Avera St. Luke's will offer “Joint Ventures,” a free arthritis, hip and knee pain seminar, from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday at the Education Center, 709 Sixth Ave. S.E.  Participants will learn about treatments, medications, nutrition and...

Acupuncture may be ancient — estimates range between 3-4,000 years old — but it is not an ancient Chinese secret. It's used all over the world by acupuncture practitioners as well as medical doctors. We spoke with two experts to learn more....

As I begin this column, it is Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 22. I have been alive 20,873 days, if my math is correct, and I hope to add to the tally. But the knees I was born with will not be joining me for the rest of the trip. The clock ticks. The surgeon...

Couldn’t you imagine if the Magic hadn’t traded Dwight Howard to the Lakers? L.A. likely would have been stuck with the bad knees of Andrew Bynum, who has yet to play this season for the Philadelphia 76ers. And couldn’t you imagine...

Dr. Nathan Wei will host a brown-bag lunch talk on knee pain from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10, at Arthritis Treatment Center, 71 Thomas Johnson Drive, Frederick. Wei will discuss the ins and outs of knee pain, including easy ways to relieve...