A new knee for the rest of her life Nancy Merckle, 84, enjoys bus trips and her grandson's baseball games So when pain in her right knoe made it hard to walk, she needed a way to keep going "It was always my bad knee, said Nancy. "But after cooking Thanksgiving dinner, I could barely walk. When limped around Canonsburg Hospital on my volunteer rounds, my friends urged me to go see Dr. Donald Ravasio. Nancy's MRI showed the advanced arthritis-bone-on-bone contact that was cousing the pain. Arthroplasty knee replacement surgery was the best solution. After her surgery, she was at a rehab facility, followed by physical therapy at home, and visits to the outpationt rehabilitation center at Canonsburg Hospital. "I did a lot of exercise on my own. I pushed myself, even when it hurt," Nancy said She was volunteering again a month later, walking independently. They were all amozed at how well did," she said. "Everyone at Dr. Ravasio's office was so MILLION ADULTS HAVE ARTHRITIS CAUSE OF DISABILITY AMONG U.S. ADULTS IS ARTHRITIS No1 nice. They explained it all so clearly." 66% NANCY MERCKLE, KNEE REPLACEMENT PATIENT OF PEOPLE WITH ARTHRITIS ARE AGE 18 TO 64 AHN CANONSBURG FOR APPOINTMENTS OR MORE INFO CALL (412) DOCTORS OR VISITAHN.ORG/CANONSBURG A new knee for the rest of her life Nancy Merckle, 84, enjoys bus trips and her grandson's baseball games So when pain in her right knoe made it hard to walk, she needed a way to keep going "It was always my bad knee, said Nancy. "But after cooking Thanksgiving dinner, I could barely walk. When limped around Canonsburg Hospital on my volunteer rounds, my friends urged me to go see Dr. Donald Ravasio. Nancy's MRI showed the advanced arthritis-bone-on-bone contact that was cousing the pain. Arthroplasty knee replacement surgery was the best solution. After her surgery, she was at a rehab facility, followed by physical therapy at home, and visits to the outpationt rehabilitation center at Canonsburg Hospital. "I did a lot of exercise on my own. I pushed myself, even when it hurt," Nancy said She was volunteering again a month later, walking independently. They were all amozed at how well did," she said. "Everyone at Dr. Ravasio's office was so MILLION ADULTS HAVE ARTHRITIS CAUSE OF DISABILITY AMONG U.S. ADULTS IS ARTHRITIS No1 nice. They explained it all so clearly." 66% NANCY MERCKLE, KNEE REPLACEMENT PATIENT OF PEOPLE WITH ARTHRITIS ARE AGE 18 TO 64 AHN CANONSBURG FOR APPOINTMENTS OR MORE INFO CALL (412) DOCTORS OR VISITAHN.ORG/CANONSBURG