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If my knees last like 6 years I think I'll be good.

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losh
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As do most of you, I ski alot. And I also fall alot. I have yet to actually mess up my knees (the occasional tweak sometimes) seriously. But I was thinking, knee surgery and replacements in like 10 years have got to be gnarly. They're gunna have some wack bionic shit and skiers are all going to have beefed up knees after we blow them. Idk, all I'm saying is if we can send people to Mars, then we'll prolly have some pretty sick knee replacement technology too. I could be completely wrong, and the technology could be at a total standstill but I'm not a doctor and I have no clue. It makes me feel good to think this, anyone have insider details on the latest Tesla knee replacement or something?
Jan 23 2019 12:53PM
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DirtYStylE
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I can't put a time frame on this but this is how I see it.

What we really want is a full on cyborg chrome plated knee replacement with spinners on each side of the knee cap. Integrating metal and flesh is still underdeveloped tech and we just simply replace organic parts with metal parts. We have exoskeletons that will increase your strength and prevent injuries... I don't really see these being popular.

So what I am really waiting for is the stemcell/cellular therapy tech. Where they can just inject you with some stuff and your tendons regrow perfectly in one hour.
Jan 23 2019 1:13PM
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marsland
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I think I read somewhere that this could decrease recovery times for ACL surgeries but it looks like there's only been 75 of them done by BCH.

https://www.childrenshospital.org/aclbeartrial
Jan 23 2019 3:21PM
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B-100
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I'm not a doctor, but you may have just jinxed yourself.
Jan 23 2019 9:44PM
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losh
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B-100I'm not a doctor, but you may have just jinxed yourself.

Shit
Jan 23 2019 11:00PM
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SteezeJibberton
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A little while back I read about a new procedure where some sort of spongey plasma is injected into into the site of an ACL tear, and then I think the ligament regrows into it relatively quickly? I’d say this is favourable to biotech, because then we as skiers can contribute less to the inevitable cyborg revolution. But hey, you can decide for yourself which side of history you want to be on once you blow your knees out
Jan 24 2019 8:07PM
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Sharko
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Do you want Skynet? Because this is how you get Skynet.
Jan 24 2019 8:15PM
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xxACIDTRIPxx
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DirtYStylEI can't put a time frame on this but this is how I see it.

What we really want is a full on cyborg chrome plated knee replacement with spinners on each side of the knee cap. Integrating metal and flesh is still underdeveloped tech and we just simply replace organic parts with metal parts. We have exoskeletons that will increase your strength and prevent injuries... I don't really see these being popular.

So what I am really waiting for is the stemcell/cellular therapy tech. Where they can just inject you with some stuff and your tendons regrow perfectly in one hour.


Peptides I would say are a potential beginning of this path.
Jan 24 2019 9:04PM
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Seekingseasons
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All I can say is my dad who is 62, skied his whole life, got a total knee replacement last year. Now he just bitches all day about the OTHER knee and how his bran new knee never hurts. I believe the tech is already here but will only improve. Maybe they'll start using the the shit they use to build spacecraft I don't fuckin know. That being said, TKR's are a gnarly as fuck surgery to watch on youtube, and they are already putting in a bionic knee its just not a "smart knee" that can access netflix and shit. I keep telling the old dude just to take the disability from work and get the other one done, but hell probably wait until it is needed.
Jan 24 2019 9:31PM
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killa_z
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marslandI think I read somewhere that this could decrease recovery times for ACL surgeries but it looks like there's only been 75 of them done by BCH.

https://www.childrenshospital.org/aclbeartrial


Bear is difficult bc you need the ends to meet the bridge. Most of the time your acl basically explodes if severed and the ends are nowhere to be found. On an mri it often looks as if you never had an acl.
Jan 25 2019 1:03AM
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