Mary knew she needed to do something about her failing knees, but she didn’t know that she would receive one of the first knee replacements of it’s kind.

Mary’s knees had started bothering her about three years ago, but the pain had gotten progressively worse recently. She decided it was time to take action when everyday tasks started to become almost unbearable.

“If I went grocery shopping, by the time I got out to the car, my knees were killing me and I was struggling just to get into the car,” Mary described.

She was soon scheduled to have her surgery done at St. Cloud Surgical Center by Dr. Eric Green of St. Cloud Orthopedics.
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There is a misconception that hip pain only starts to flare up during the later stages of life. However, Dr. Mulder of St. Cloud Orthopedics says that he sees a range of patients from “teenagers to octogenarians” with hip pain.

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