This page is an informational page to help patients with common questions that we answer in the office and can refer back to this page for clarification. This will also have links to other sites that are a good source of information such as Physician Sites and other sources of continuation education . 

Dr. David Oster, M.D. is one of our referring physicians who works at Denver Vail Orthopedics, his web site is extremely educational regarding surgeries and common orthopedic problems.

Q- I am used to running 5 - 6 miles a day and now that my knee has been so painful I can't get my run in and I'm gaining weight. What can I do?

A- This is a very common question that we get and this can be a very frustrating event for most people.  In order to fully understand the answer to this question lets go back to the basics of physiology.  There are two sides of the equation to weight gain or loss, which is caloric intake and caloric expenditure.  The ability to run or go to the gym and work out is the caloric expenditure part of the equation.  If you are not able to burn an extra 1000 calories in the gym or by going for a run due to an injury then you simply cannot have the extra 1000 calories of caloric intake.  However, this is not so easy because we are so used to eating whatever we want to satisfy our taste buds or satiate our stomach and when we put a few pounds on more than we are happy with we increase our time in the gym to increase our caloric expenditure.  This attitude will eventually catch up with a person and lead to clinical obesity.  The clinical definition of obesity is a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher….. more to come