MSK Matters

Medial Knee Pain- Is it OA or a medial meniscus tear?

Dr. James Carson, Dr. Julianne Falconi and Guests

This week we are joined by Dr. Roz Lougheed Simpson talking about medial knee pain. Dr. Lougheed Simpson is a sport and exercise medicine physician who practices at the Cleveland Clinic Canada. She is also a physician for the Ryerson University and Centennial College varsity athletes. Dr. Lougheed Simpson obtained her Doctor of Medicine and completed her residency in family medicine at the University of Toronto, where she was a co-chief resident at the Scarborough Health Network site. She completed her Fellowship in Sport and Exercise Medicine at the Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic at Western University. You do not want to miss the excellent discussion!

Also check out these links:
Key link: https://www.bmj.com/content/357/bmj.j1982

OA management diagram

https://www.orthobullets.com/knee-and-sports/9019/meniscus

https://www.orthobullets.com/knee-and-sports/3005/meniscal-injury

https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/54/11/652

Check out our twitter @MSKMatters for a great visual of the OA Stepladder for what you can do as a Family MD for knee OA!