Whether you want to prevent arthritis or have already had a knee or hip replacement, Dr. Pack can help you stay active

without medication or surgery

Arthritis is the number one cause of pain and disability in America.  Like most physicians Dr. Pack was taught that osteoarthritis, along with gray hair and wrinkles,  was due to aging.  But the fact that it primarily occurs when we’re older doesn’t necessarily mean it’s due to age.  There’s a difference between a correlation and a cause. Arthritis, like heart disease, takes a long time to develop, but age is not the primary cause!

His work over forty years in this area has shown that contrary to what is currently believed, that abnormal structure wears out our joints in the same way that poorly aligned tires wear out sooner.  We are not born perfect.  Any degree of abnormality (like a flattened foot or longer leg) increases joint friction and over time causes arthritis. Now more and more credible data is substantiating Dr. Pack’s premise.

A recently published arthritis textbook of the latest research was reviewed by Dr. Hunter, a preeminent rheumatologist.  He states that arthritis should now be viewed as being “primarily due to mechanical factors” and that by physicians “focusing more on this, we have the opportunity to help millions of patients with arthritis.” 

Dr. Jason Theodosakis is considered one of the foremost authorities in the world on osteoarthritis.  In his book, The Arthritis Cure,” he continually emphasizes the important role that abnormal function plays in osteoarthritis. He states that, “it is critically important to control how we walk and function if we really want to treat arthritis.”

In 2001, the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association reported that “abnormal alignment of only five degrees (as measured from the ankle to the hip) increased the progression of osteoarthritis four to five times!”

Most recently the famed Mayo Clinic’s study showed that for “each degree of abnormal alignment there was a 53% increased risk of the progression of arthritis of the knee,” and that “increasing age was only weakly associated with an increase risk of osteoarthritis of the knee.”  They now consider poor alignment as “one of the most important risk factors for osteoarthritis.”

Like a car manufacturer who takes advances in the race cars they build and adapts them to every day automobiles, Dr. Pack has taken what he has proven successful with the Olympic Gold Medalists and professional athletes he has treated, Sports Performance and utilizes these same principles to create impressive results in those with arthritis of their weight bearing joints (feet, ankles, knees, hips, back and neck.).  And although trained as a surgeon, he can now do so without pain medications or surgery. 

Optimizing how we function, especially after knee or hip joint replacement, is critical to staying active without pain as we age.