Doctor John
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Podcast Appearances
I do all these things constantly.
Keep myself up to date.
You know how guys get sore knees in their 50s and they get a little meniscal tear and they go and get a meniscectomy.
They've now proven categorically that the operation does nothing.
That's obviously been recent.
They've done a 10-year follow-up on it now.
They took some guys, split them half and half.
One got the real surgery.
One got sham surgery where they knocked them out, just made little nicks in their leg.
So they thought they had the surgery.
They knocked them and followed them up.
10 years down the track, no change.
So the orthopaedic surgeons just lost a big money spinner.
Yeah, it helps stabilize joints, keeps the mobility going.
So there's two parts.
One's the aerobic fitness, which keeps heart and lungs going well.
And the other one is weight bearing and weight work, which keeps up muscle strength.
Ooh, interesting question.
Probably the orotane is an interesting one.