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Message: [QUOTE="VA Blue Dog, post: 3910718, member: 10449"] I destroyed my knee playing basketball in 1970. After reconstructive surgery (three ligaments and two cartilages) I became extremely active doing long distance running, basketball again and skiing (especially moguls). Finally that knee deteriorated so badly I could barely walk,. 100 feet was max. People would ask if I had polio as a child. The osteoarthritis was so bad. I had my right knee replaced seven years ago and it changed my life. I went in one day and was home the next and never took one pain pill, except what they gave me in the hospital. I did my PT for hours beyond what was required. Now I don't even think about it. I try to walk 8 to 10 miles a day on hills at a 10 to 12 min/mile pace. I have all my miles logged in my Forerunner 225. I do this religiously and have gone months without missing a day. Sometimes I will run a mile for a change of pace in this routine. My knee was done by Dr. Anderson Engh, Anderson Orthopaedics, Director of Joint Replacement Surgery, Mont Vernon VA. The best decision I ever made. [/QUOTE]