A new knee for the rest of her life Nancy Merckle, 84, enjoys bus trips and hor grandson's baseball games. So when pain in her right knee 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 I limped around Canonsburg Hospital on my voluntoor rounds, my friends urgod me to go seo Dr. Donold 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 outpatiesnt rohabilitation center at Canonsburg Hospital. "I did a lot of exorciso on my own. I pushed myself, even when it hurt," Nancy soid. She was volunteoring again a month later, walking independently They were all amazed at how well did," she said. "Everyone at Dr. Ravasio's MILLION ADULTS HAVE ARTHRITIS office was so CAUSE OF No1 nice. They explained it all so clearly." DISABILITY AMONG U.S ADULTS IS ARTHRITIS 66% NANCY MERCKLE, KNEE REPLACEMENT PATIENT OF PEOPLE WITH ARTHRITIS ARE AGE 18 TO 64 AHN CANONSBURG www.g and 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 hor grandson's baseball games. So when pain in her right knee 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 I limped around Canonsburg Hospital on my voluntoor rounds, my friends urgod me to go seo Dr. Donold 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 outpatiesnt rohabilitation center at Canonsburg Hospital. "I did a lot of exorciso on my own. I pushed myself, even when it hurt," Nancy soid. She was volunteoring again a month later, walking independently They were all amazed at how well did," she said. "Everyone at Dr. Ravasio's MILLION ADULTS HAVE ARTHRITIS office was so CAUSE OF No1 nice. They explained it all so clearly." DISABILITY AMONG U.S ADULTS IS ARTHRITIS 66% NANCY MERCKLE, KNEE REPLACEMENT PATIENT OF PEOPLE WITH ARTHRITIS ARE AGE 18 TO 64 AHN CANONSBURG www.g and FOR APPOINTMENTS OR MORE INFO CALL (412) DOCTORS OR VISITAHN.ORG/CANONSBURG