Partial knee replacement
Kathy
A practical recovery story for patients asking about work, walking, and whether partial knee replacement may fit one-compartment arthritis.
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Stories can help you picture the next step, not promise the same recovery.
Hip replacement, knee replacement, revision surgery, ACL reconstruction, meniscus care, injections, and travel planning all create different questions. Use these stories to recognize the questions you want answered in your own visit.
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The legacy site included patient videos that patients already recognize. The rebuilt site keeps those stories available while connecting them to the right treatment decisions.
Total knee replacement
Denise
A knee replacement story that gives patients a way to ask about pain-control planning, early recovery, and confidence in the first phase after surgery.
Watch storySports injury recovery
James
An active-patient story for people thinking about fracture care, sport goals, and the work it takes to return safely.
Watch storyChoose a path
Find the experience closest to your situation.
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Hip replacement
Start here if pain is changing sleep, stairs, walking, travel, work, or the activities that make daily life feel normal.
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Knee replacement
Compare partial and total knee replacement questions, robotic planning, swelling, range of motion, and return to golf, hiking, or family life.
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Revision decisions
If a prior hip or knee replacement hurts, feels unstable, or never recovered the way you expected, the first step is a careful workup.
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ACL and meniscus care
Active patients need a plan that respects sport, work, family, and the difference between healing, repair, reconstruction, and safe return.
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BMAC and injections
Patients comparing BMAC, PRP, steroid, gel, or other injections need candid guidance about diagnosis and realistic expectations.
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Neighbor island care
Travel, imaging, therapy, follow-up, and home support matter for patients coming from Kona, Hilo, Kailua, Honolulu, and other islands.
Learn moreHip replacement trust
Hip patients usually want a straight answer.
They want to know where the pain is coming from, whether the hip is bad enough for surgery, what approach fits, and what recovery will look like at home.
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Anterior and total hip replacement questions
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Walking, stairs, sleep, travel, and return-to-activity planning
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Fellowship-trained hip reconstruction care
Knee replacement trust
Knee patients want to know if it is time.
Most people are not looking for a sales pitch. They want to know whether injections, therapy, partial knee, total knee, or robotic planning makes sense for their knee.
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Partial and total knee replacement guidance
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Robotic-assisted planning when it fits
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Recovery help for swelling, motion, golf, hiking, and walking
Sports knee trust
Sports knee patients want their confidence back.
ACL and meniscus care is about more than the MRI. It is about stability, swelling, mechanical symptoms, activity goals, and a recovery plan the patient can follow.
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ACL reconstruction planning
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Meniscus repair and arthroscopy guidance
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Return-to-sport and return-to-work milestones
Your story starts with diagnosis
Bring the questions that matter to your life.
A consultation can connect pain, imaging, treatment choices, recovery expectations, and timing into a plan you can actually use.
Written for patients by the practice
Orthopedic guidance should be clear enough to help you make a real decision.
Dr. Paul Norio Morton created Joint Replacement Hawaii to help patients understand hip pain, knee pain, arthritis, sports injuries, robotic joint replacement, revision surgery, injections, and recovery before they come in for a visit.
