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Severe osteoarthritis

KAREN BRIDGMAN

is a holistic practitioner at Lotus Health and Lotus Dental in Neutral Bay.

During the lockdowns, a 70-year-old woman rang me for a consultation. She had been generally quite healthy for many years and used to walk regularly, enjoying lengthy bush walks frequently. But in the last couple of years her right knee and hip have been causing her increasing pain. Going to the doctor, she was diagnosed with osteoarthritis in both the hip and the knee and was scheduled for a hip and a knee replacement. In

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