Orthopedic Surgery Quotes

On my left knee I have a long scar from an ACL operation. I've had both knees reconstructed.

They had to re-shape the head of my femur back round. They had to trim my hip socket up a little bit. I had a lot of extra bone growth just from years of stressing it out. Because of that bone growth, it caused an impingement in my hip, which tore my labrum off the bone.

If we get in an accident that's strong enough to break bones, it's going to break bones. What makes me a little bit higher risk is that if I break my right ankle again, I've got a bunch of screws and plates in there, and that would not be good.

I've been very fortunate with injuries: I've had the odd broken bone in my back; when I was starting out here in England, I cracked a few ribs, and I've broken a bone in my hand.

The broken bone, once set together, is stronger than ever.

After my first knee operation, in January of '65 before I went to the Jets, Dr. James Nicholas told me everything went well and that I could probably play four years in the NFL. The surgery was trailblazing to a certain extent.

I've had my elbows operated on, both my knees are shot, I've got stitches everywhere.

When I was 18, I broke my leg, and my shin came right through - like I had two knees.

At 49, I find it a little bit difficult to run these days. I've got grade four tears in both Achilles, shin splints, I got no cartilage the toes in my right foot, I've got bone marrow edemas under both knees, I've got one degenerating hip - that's the problem you get.

Compared to the United States, physicians in Europe have a much more conservative approach to joint replacement in general.

I've had an operation on my knee, two operations on my hand, injuries on elbows and stuff but you get through it.

I've broken fifty-six bones, broke my back twice, punctured a lung and knocked out a few teeth.

I've had, like, 10 surgeries in my life: four or so on my knee, my hip and my nose a couple of times.

The problem with my shoulders was something I inherited from my dad. The left one would pop out and then pop back in - absolute agony - during almost every game last season, so I had surgery to put it right last summer.

When I was born, I had a birth injury in my second and third vertebrae. It gave me what they called spastic paralysis, which is actually cerebral palsy.

Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne Carpenters (to make them crutches).

John Kerry had surgery on his right shoulder this week to repair some damage. It was pretty bad, he had no feeling. It was almost like he was a Republican.

I had some surgery on my feet, which has helped my back some.

There are a lot of myths about my injuries. They say I have broken every bone in my body. Not true. But I have broken 35 bones. I had surgery 14 times to pin and plate. I shattered my pelvis. I forget all of the things that have broke.

I was born with fairly serious scoliosis, and I did not walk at all until I was about two-and-a-half years old.

Dave Rath is recovering. A month ago he had hip pocket replacement surgery.

I eagerly await the day when there is a replacement for the meniscus.

If you walk into A&E with a broken bone you expect it to be fixed. If you need help because you've got a mental health condition you should get that help and support.

I've had an ACL replaced in my left knee, ACL replaced in my right knee, 50 percent of my meniscus taken out of my right knee, lower back fusion, C-6, C-7 fused in my neck, C-5, C-4 disk replacement, C-4, C-3 fused. I have 26, 27 concussions, hundreds of stitches. I've been through the grinder.

Something went wrong with my right arm. I no longer could throw hard, and it hurt like the dickens every time I threw.