Knee pain is easy with practical tips from Orthopedist, medical educator, car-builder, and inventor extraordinaire Dr. Ted Parks. He teaches us the four buckets of knee pain, how to perform a 30-second knee exam, choose a knee brace, order x-rays, and the red flags to look for in a history and physical that should have you shouting for your closest neighborhood orthopedic surgeon. This episode is brought to you in partnership with the American College of Physicians. ACP members can claim free CME-MOC credit at acponline.org/curbsiders. Check out our video of the Parks-Approved 30-second knee exam! Credits: Written by: Nora Taranto BA, Matthew Watto MD Produced by: Chris Chiu MD and Nora Taranto BA Edited by: Matthew Watto MD. Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, Stuart Brigham MD, Paul Williams MD. Guest: Ted Parks MD.   Full show notes available at http://thecurbsiders.com/podcast. Join our mailing list and receive a PDF copy of our show notes every Monday. Rate us on iTunes, recommend a guest or topic and give feedback at thecurbsiders@gmail.com.  Time Stamps 00:00 Announcement 01:00 Disclaimer 01:35 Intro and guest bio 04:08 Dr Parks’ one-liner, book recommendation, inventions, and career advice 10:52 A case of knee pain, and recognizing emergencies 14:17 Four buckets of knee pain 17:40 Initial approach to treatment of knee pain 20:19 Corticosteroid injection controversy 22:47 Hyaluronic acid injections 24:50 Topical agents 27:03 Taking a history about knee pain 29:39 Knee locking or giving out Practical Office Orthopedics by Ted Parks 31:44 How to order knee X-rays 36:45 Knee braces 41:00 How to perform a 30 second knee exam Ms Anita Bones has left knee pain and recent fall. 53:00 PRP, stem-cell injections 61:00 Glucosamine chondroitin 63:09 Take home points 64:36 Outro Tags: orthopedics, knee, pain, ortho, joint, exam, osteoarthritis, arthritis, xray, physical, injection, corticosteroid, hyaluronic, hyaluronate, prp, stem, cell, bracing, nsaids, glucosamine, chondroitin, assistant, care, doctor, education, family, FOAM, FOAMim, FOAMed, health, hospitalist, hospital, internal, internist, meded, medical, medicine, nurse, practitioner, professional, primary, physician, resident, student