Actually, it's usually the opposite. Patients with osteoporosis are less prone to develop OA than patients without osteoporosis. One argument for being overweight is that it seems to protect the patient from osteoporosis but not in all cases. Some complain of swelling in the legs. Those seem to be the major two side effects.
Many orthopedists have a history of sports injuries.
My area of expertise is total joint replacement. I am director of the Joint Replacement Center here at Celebration Health. We perform all routine surgeries including total hip replacement, total knee replacement and total shoulder replacement. Dr. Dore, thank you very much for joining us today. Your topic of osteoarthritis was very informative, and judging from the number of questions from the audience, there is a great need for information on this subject.