Knee Care
Knee pain can slow you down. We’ll work with you to find the best solution so you can enjoy an active life again.
It’s hard to move and enjoy your daily life when knee pain limits your activities. If you can relate, here’s the good news: The MetroHealth System is home to expert orthopedic doctors and surgeons who can address your knee issue and get you back to doing what you love.
All of our knee doctors are board-certified, and each has additional fellowship training. This means they have advanced, specialized expertise in knee conditions and procedures.
They’re also faculty members at Case Western Reserve University, and have access to the latest research and techniques.
Our knee doctors also collaborate with highly skilled nurses, physical therapists, pain and rehabilitation doctors, and other experts. Because this highly skilled and experienced group works as a team, they’re able to provide comprehensive and personalized care to meet your needs.
Conditions We Treat
Our team’s specialized training and experience allows them to care for all types of knee problems, including:
- Arthritis.
- Cartilage damage.
- Knee instability.
- Ligament injuries like ACL and MCL tears.
- Meniscus injuries.
We Put Our Patients First
At MetroHealth, you are treated as an individual, and we take the time to listen. We want you to feel supported and heard while we’re helping you heal. Our personalized approach to care means that our orthopedic doctors and nurses will be very responsive to your needs. From your first appointment throughout your recovery, we’ll be there to support you and answer your questions.
Treating a knee condition or relieving joint pain doesn’t always involve surgery. Our specialists typically start with conservative treatments, such as physical therapy or injections to help with pain management.
Other strategies for reducing pain and improving mobility may include medications, bracing and activity modifications.
We also work closely with pain management experts at MetroHealth to offer additional approaches to knee pain relief. And patients who struggle with obesity and joint pain may benefit from the treatments offered at MetroHealth’s Weight Loss Surgery and Weight Management Center.
If nonsurgical treatments aren’t enough to ease your knee pain or correct a knee issue, MetroHealth orthopedic surgeons have the knee surgery expertise you need.
We have a range of surgical options for different knee problems, from arthritis to cartilage damage to ligament injuries.
Here are some of the procedures we can offer you:
- Cartilage implantation and grafting.
- Ligament reconstruction, including anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), posterior cruciate ligament (PCL), medial collateral ligament (MCL) and lateral collateral ligament (LCL) repairs.
- Meniscus repairs.
- Osteotomy (surgery to correct a deformity).
- Retinacular releases.
- Patella stabilization.
Knee Replacement Surgery
Severe arthritis is one reason to explore knee replacement options. Over time, the disease wears away the cushioning cartilage in the joint.
Here are some of the reasons to choose MetroHealth if your doctor recommends knee replacement:
- Extensive surgical options. The surgeons at MetroHealth perform partial and total knee replacements, as well as surgery to address a previously replaced knee implant. Our surgeon’s skills and our robotic surgery capabilities combine to enhance the precision of our joint replacements.
- Short hospital stays. Most of our knee replacement patients go home quickly, often on the same day of their surgery.
- Ongoing support. Our joint care coordinator and other members of our team will help you prepare for your procedure and be there to provide follow-up care and support your recovery after surgery.
- Informative knee replacement classes. Our free joint replacement class is designed to prepare you for knee replacement surgery and ensure a successful outcome.