(MUSIC) GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY AND
WELCOME TO THE BALANCING ACT.
WE'RE HAVING SOME FUN THIS MORNING.
AREN'T WE?
WE HAD OUR COFFEE THAT'S WHY.
THAT'S RIGHT.
OUR CUBAN COFEE.
(LAUGHTER) I'M JULIE MORAN.
I'M OLGA VILLAVERDE.
ALRIGHT, THERE'S LOTS TO TALK ABOUT TODAY.
FROM OUR CREDIT SCORES, WHAT DOES YOURS LOOK
LIKE?
WHAT DOES YOURS LOOK LIKE?
MINE LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.
I'M IN THE LIKE 800S.
WOOO.
ISN'T THAT GOOD?
ALRIGHT ARE YOU OUT THERE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE
YOURS?
WE'VE GOT A GOOD SHOW TODAY.
NOW SHE'S GONNA SAY BUY ME A CAR.
THE BALANCING ACT STARTS RIGHT NOW.
(MUSIC) WHEN SOMEONE YOU LOVE IS
DIAGNOSED WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE THE NEWS IS DEVASTATING.
BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO MEAN THAT LIFE IS OVER.
NOW IN THE PAST CARE GIVERS WOULD TURN TO
NURSING HOMES TO HELP, BUT TODAY THERE ARE COMMUNITIES DEDICATED
TO CARING FOR THOSE WITH ALZHEIMER'S AND OTHER FORMS OF
MEMORY IMPAIRMENT.
HERE TO SHED SOME LIGHT ON THIS VERY
IMPORTANT HEALTH MATTER IS KRISTIN DUPONT, VICE PRESIDENT
OF MARKETING FOR AUTUMN LEAVES, WHICH OPERATES MEMORY CARE
ASSISTED LIVING COMMUNITIES AND CLAIR JAMESON, DIRECTOR OF LIFE
ENGAGEMENT.
GOOD MORNING LADIES.
GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU.
KRISTEN LET ME START WITH YOU.
AUTUMN LEAVES, WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT AND WHAT DO YOU DO.
AHH WE BASICALLY SPECIALIZE IN ALZHEIMER'S CARE AS WELL AS
OTHER FORMS OF DEMENTIA.
UM THAT IS OUR SOLE FOCUS AND UM WE
REALLY TAKE THE TIME TO MAKE SURE EACH OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS
ALL THE WAY FROM OUR CARE GIVERS, TO EVERYONE AT THE HOME
OFFICE, ANYONE THAT AT ANY POINT MIGHT BE ENGAGING WITH OUR
RESIDENTS HAS THE EDUCATION THAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO BEST
INTERACT WITH OUR POPULATION UM TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S
FULFILLING FOR OUR RESIDENTS AS POSSIBLE.
AND WHAT ARE THE COMMUNITIES LIKE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU
THINKN OF A NURSING HOME...
SURE.
AND SOMETIMES YOU JUST WONDER SHOULD I, SHOULD I NOT.
IS THERE A DIFFERENCE HERE?
THERE TRUELY IS.
OUR COMMUNITIES ARE BUILT FROM THE GROUND UP
SPECIFICALLY FOR MEMORY CARE.
WE HAVE OUR OWN DEVELOPMENT
COMPANY, OUR OWN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND OUR OWN DESIGN
COMPANY THAT MAKE EVERYTHING CONDUCIVE FOR FOLKS WITH
ALZHEIMER'S AND OTHER FORMS OF DEMENTIA.
UM SO EVERYTHING FROM THE COLOR OF THE WALLS TO THE
CARPET, EVERYTHING IS SPECIFICALLY FOR DEMENTIA CARE.
NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S
DIAGNOSED WITH ALZHEIMER'S.
YOU HEAR THIS YOU SAY GOSH IT SOUNDS
WONDERFUL, BUT CLAIRE, IT'S NOT EASY TO COME IN, SAY HERE'S MY
MOM AND TAKE CARE OF HER.
HOW DO YOU MAKE IT EASIER AND WHAT DO
YOU DO TO KIND OF HELP THAT FAMILY MAKE THAT CHOICE?
WELL YOUR RIGHT OLGA, IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT FOR FAMILIES TO
UM PARTNER IF YOU WILL WITH ANY ORGANIZATION TO CARE FOR SOMEONE
THAT'S SO DEAR TO THEM.
BUT AT AUTMEN LEAVES WE REALLY TRY TO
MAKE IT A SERIOUS EFFORT TO GET TO KNOW THEIR LOVED ONE.
GET TO KNOW THEIR MOM, THEIR UM FATHER
AND PARTNER WITH THEM TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHO THEY WERE BEFORE
THEY CAME TO AUTMN LEAVES SO THAT WE CAN BETTER SERVE THEIR
NEEDS AND INCREASE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.
KRISTEN.
OUR RESIDENTS ARE SO MUCH MORE THEN JUST PEOPLE WITH
ALZHEIMER'S.
THEY'RE OUR FAMILY.
UM WE GET TO KNOW EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS AS AN
INDIVIDUAL BEFORE THE DISEASE UM THRU OUR FAMILY MEMBERS AND THE
ADULT CHILDREN OUR WHOMEVER IS HELPING THE RESIDENT MOVE IN TO
ONE OF OUR COMMUNITIES UM THERE JOB DOES NOT END WHEN THEY MOVE
INTO ONE OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
IT JUST CHANGES.
THEY'RE FREE TO BE THAT DAUGHTER AGAIN.
UM THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ON THAT
BURDEN OF THE CARE GIVER.
WE DO THAT FOR THEM BECAUSE THAT'S
WHAT WE SPECIALIZE IN.
SO YOU KNOW, THEY'RE FREE TO BE THE
DAUGHTER, THE SON, WHOM EVER AGAIN AND TO REALLY ENJOY THE
TIME THAT THEY HAVE WITH THEIR LOVED ONE.
AND IT'S NOT ONLY TAKING CARE OF THEM, BUT CLAIR, EXPLAIN TO US
ALSO MAYBE THE ACTIVITIES BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW THERE
ARE THINGS THAT CAN HELP SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS.
EXERCISE, ARE ALL THOSE THINGS INCLUDED?
ABSOLUTELY.
AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT GETTING TO KNOW
OUR RESIDENTS AND SO OUR ACTIVITIES WITHIN OUR
COMMUNITIES ARE JUST AS VARIED AS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN
THEM.
AS YOU GET TO KNOW PEOPLE YOU DISCOVER THEIR LIKES,
DISLIKES, THEIR PREFERENCES, THEIR LIFE LONG HABITS AND THEIR
THEIR HOBBIES.
SO WE FOCUS THOSE ACTIVITIES AROUND OUR RESIDENTS
TO INCREASE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AND ALSO AS YOU POINTED
OUT, SLOW DOWN THE DISEASE.
UM AND ADD TO A RICHER EXPERIENCE
FOR THEM.
ONCE A RESIDENT MOVES IN TO BE PART OF OUR FAMILY, THEIR FAMILY
BECOMES OUR FAMILY AS WELL.
WE MAKE SURE TO CARE FOR NOT ONLY
THE RESIDENT BUT ALSO FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY BECAUSE THEY NEED
IT TO.
WE OFFER SUPPORT GROUPS AT EACH OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND
WE TRY TO BE A RESOURCE TO THE OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY AT
LARGE.
CLAIR, IS THERE A CERTAIN TIME THAT YOU WOULD TELL THE FAMILY
TO BRING THEIR LOVED ONE IN?
ALZHEIMER'S OBVIOUSLY IS A VERY SLOW DISEASE.
WHEN IS THE RIGHT TIME?
THAT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT DEPENDS ON THE INDIVIDUAL.
DEPENDS ON THE FAMILIES NEEDS BUT UM WE'RE DEFINITELY THERE
FOR THEM WHEN THEY DECIDE TO MAKE THAT CHOICE.
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE JOURNEY WE'RE THERE FOR THEM.
WE TRY TO SAY THAT YOU KNOW, THE SOONER
THE BETTER SO THAT PEOPLE CAN ENGAGE IN SOCIALIZATION AND BE
AMONG OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEUROLOGICAL IMPAIRMENTS UM SO
THAT THEY DON'T FEEL OSTRACIZED BY OTHER PEOPLE THAT THEY MIGHT
OF TOLD THE SAME STORY TO A COUPLE TIMES OVER AND OVER.
A SENSE OF RELIEF FOR THE FAMILIES.
ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S A WIN WIN IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT FOR BOTH THE PATIENT
COMING IN AND THE FAMILY THAT BESTOWS THAT UPON YOU GUYS.
WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT IN EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING, WE'RE
GIVING AS MUCH BACK BECAUSE OUR RESIDENTS REALLY THEY HAVE SO
MUCH MORE TO GIVE AND SO MUCH MORE TO DO THEN I THINK ALOT OF
THE PERCEPTIONS ARE OUT THERE OF PEOPLE WITH ALZHEIMER'S AND
OTHER FORMS OF DEMENTIA.
FOR ANYBODY OUT THERE WHO WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON AUTUMN
LEAVES WHERE WOULD THEY GO?
THEY'D GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT AUTUMNLEAVES.COM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.
THANK YOU.
GOD BLESS BOTH OF YOU.
THANK YOU.
I DO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
AND IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE, YOU
KNOW THE WEBSITE.
AUTUMNLEAVES.COM OR LOG ONTO OUR WEBSITE THEBALANCINGACT.COM.
YOU CAN ALSO FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK
AND TWITTER.
(MUSIC) OK, IT'S TIME TO TALK FINANCES.
DO YOU KNOW YOUR CREDIT SCORE?
DO YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT IT?
WELL YOU SHOULD.
OUR NEXT GUEST IS HELPING MILLIONS OF CONSUMERS
SAVE MONEY AND LIVE BETTER BY MAKING SMARTER FINANCIAL
DECISIONS.
AND JOINING US IS ADRIAN NAZARI, FOUNDER AND CEO
OF CREDITSESAME.COM, AN ONLINE CREDIT AND PERSONAL FINANCE
MANAGEMENT TOOL.
WELCOME ADRIAN, SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE IN THE
STUDIO.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
OK, RIGHT OFF THE BAT WHY IS INSTANT ACCESS TO MY CREDIT AND
BEING ABLE TO MONITOR THAT SO IMPORTANT?
WELL THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION JULIE.
YOU KNOW WHAT THE OLD SAYING THAT WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW
CAN HURT YOU?
YES.
WELL WHEN IT COMES TO CREDIT AND DEBT IT CAN NOT BE MORE TRUE.
WHAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS THAT CONSUMER CREDIT AND CREDIT
AWARENESS IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THEN THEY REALIZE.
IT IMPACTS HOW MUCH WE PAY ON INTEREST FOR
EVERYTHING WE FINANCE FROM CONSUMER LOANS, CREDIT CARDS,
MORTGAGE, YOU NAME IT.
IT IMPACTS WETHER YOU CAN GET A
PLACE TO LIVE, RENT A PLACE TO LIVE.
IT INFLUENCES THE PREMIUM YOU PAY ON YOUR INSURANCE AND
EVEN IN CERTAIN STATES WETHER YOU CAN GET A JOB YOU LIKE OR
NOT.
UM BUT WETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT THAT'S AN INTEGRAL PART OF
OUR FINANCES AND SPECIALLY IT'S IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THAT TODAY
BECAUSE OF THE INCREASING NUMBER OF DATA BREACHES THAT MAKE
HEADLINE, CONSUMER CREDIT INFORMATION AND FINANCIAL
INFORMATION IS AT RISK.
SO YOU WANT TO BE ON TOP OF THAT.
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU
PROTECT IT.
TALK ABOUT MONITORING OUR CREDIT.
THEIR ARE QUIT A FEW CHOICES OUT THERE.
WHY IS YOUR SITE SO DIFFERENT?
WELL YES, THERE ARE ALOT OF SERVICES OUT THERE.
UNFORTUNATELY ALMOST ALL OF THEM CHARGE YOU TEN TO THIRTY DOLLARS
TO GIVE YOU ACCESS TO YOUR OWN CREDIT INFORMATION AND THEY HAVE
VARYING FEATURES.
FORTUNATELY FOR CONSUMERS, THEY DON'T HAVE
TO PAY FOR THAT.
I JUST GOT AN EMAIL THE OTHER DAY THAT SAID IT COULD ACCESS
AND MONITOR FOR THIS FEE A MONTH.
EXACTLY.
YOUR SAYING I DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT?
NO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT ANYMORE.
GOOD TO KNOW.
CREDIT SESAME NOT ONLY PROVIDES YOU WITH FREE ACCESS TO YOUR
CREDIT SCORE, CREDIT INFORMATION, CREDIT MONITORING?
FREE?
FREE FREE.
BUT WE ALSO HELP YOU PROTECT YOUR CREDIT AND IDENTITY
BY OFFERING YOU $50,000 OF CREDIT OR IDENTITY THEFT
INSURANCE FOR FREE AS WELL AS IDENTITY RESTORATION SERVICES SO
IF YOUR A VICTIM OR YOU THINK YOUR A VICTIM YOU CAN GET THE
HELP YOU NEED.
WELL I WANT TO READ, YOUR CREDIT SESAME YOUR TAG LINE READS, DO
MORE WITH YOUR CREDIT SCORE.
AND WITH THE MORE WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
WELL YOU KNOW IT'S NOT IMPORTANT TO JUST KNOW YOUR SCORE.
I MEAN YOU MAY BE ABLE TO GET YOUR
SCORE FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES.
RIGHT.
FOR MOST PEOPLE THE QUESTION IS WHAT NOW?
WHAT DO I DO WITH IT NOW?
RIGHT.
AND THAT'S WHERE CREDIT SESAME COMES IN.
WE HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THEIR CREDIT, FIGURE
OUT WHAT THEY COULD DO TO LEVERAGE THAT, WE BUILT OUR
PLATFORM TO GIVE PEOPLE THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO NOT ONLY
UNDERSTAND THEIR CREDIT BUT ALSO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY COULD DO TO
LEVERAGE THAT.
HOW THEY COULD USE THAT TO IMPROVE THEIR
FINANCES.
SAVE MONEY ON ANYTHING FROM CREDIT CARDS AND MORTGAGES
AND CONSUMER LOANDS AND NOT ONLY IMPROVE THEIR FINANCES BUT LIVE
A BETTER LIFE.
YOU KNOW, YOU PUT YOUR CONSUMERS AND I LOVE THIS IN CONTROL OF
THEIR CREDIT.
DO YOU HAVE TO DO ALOT OF THINGS TO ACCESS ALL
YOUR BENEFITS?
IN PERSONAL FINANCE IT HAS TO BE SIMPLE, IT HAS TO BE INTUITIVE
SO IF CREDIT SESAME MADE IT SIMPLE THEY MADE IT INTUITIVE.
FIRST OF ALL IT TAKES ONLY A MINUTE TO SIGN UP.
YOU GO TO CREDITSESAME.COM.
YOU CAN USE YOUR MOBILE PHONE TO SIGN UP FOR
IT.
I'M GOING THERE.
IT ONLY TAKES A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
WE ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS THEN YOU SIT BACK.
WE DO ALL THE WORK FOR YOU.
AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY FREE.
WHEN I SAY FREE I MEAN NO CREDIT CARD, NO
PAYMENT AND NO GIMMICK, NO TRIAL.
IT'S ABSOLUTELY FREE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO MUCH, BUT
WITHIN A COUPLE OF MINUTES YOU COULD BE IN CONTROL OF YOUR
FINANCES AND SEE ALL THE BENEFITS THAT WE DESCRIBE HERE.
YOU KNOW I WANT TO KNOW YOUR OPINION, UM ADVICE ON CREDIT DOS
AND DON'TS.
WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IS YOU DON'T WANT TO IGNORE IT.
OK.
WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IS YOU DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE DARK
BECAUSE IT CAN COME AND HAUNT YOU OR IT COULD HELP YOU REACH
OR LIVE A BETTER LIFE.
SO FIRST THING YOU WANT TO DO, YOU WANT
TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT, THEN YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND IT, YOU
WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU COULD IMPROVE USE THAT TO IMPROVE YOUR
FINANCES AND YOU WANT TO PROTECT THAT.
AND WITH CREDIT SESAME TO YOU CAN DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS
IN A MATTER OF A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
I LOVE THAT ADRIAN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
GREAT INFORMATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALRIGHT, IF YOU'D LIEK MORE INFORMATION ON THE WORLD OF
CREDIT SCORES VISIT US HERE AT THEBALANCINGACT.COM OR SHARE
WITH US SOME OF YOUR CREDIT SCORE EXPERIENCES BY LOGGING
ONTO FACEBOOK/THEBALANCINGACTFANS.
(MUSIC) OSTEO ARTHRITIS IS A DISEASE
LEADING TO BREAK DOWN IN THE CARTILAGE BETWEEN JOINTS
INCLUDING THE KNEE.
VERY OFTEN IT'S PAINFUL AND CAN LEAD TO
SWELLING, STIFFNESS AND OVERALL JOINT AND CARTILAGE DAMAGE.
WITH US TODAY TO DISCUSS THE
CONDITION MANY BOOMERS EVEN YOUNGER MEN AND WOMEN ARE FACING
AS WELL IS DR.
JESS LONNER AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON FROM
PHILADELPHIA'S ROTHMAN INSTITUTE.
GOOD MORNING DOCTOR.
GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING.
THANK YOU.
LET'S TALK ABOUT OSTEO ARTHRITIS BRIEFLY.
WHAT IS THAT?
ARTHRITIS IS BASICALLY A BREAK DOWN OF THE CARTILAGE SURFACES
OF THE KNEE AND IT EFFECTS MILLIONS OF PATIENTS.
SO WHAT CAUSES IT AND IS IT MORE PREVALENT IN MEN OR WOMEN?
THERE ARE ALOT OF THINGS THAT CAUSE IT.
FIRST THERE'S A STRONG HEREDITARY COMPONENT.
IT'S WRITTEN IN OUR GENES.
BUT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO IT AS WELL.
SO FOR INSTANCE IF SOMEONE'S OBESE...
UMMHMMM.
THEY PUT MORE STRESS AND STRAIN ON THE KNEE.
THAT CAN CAUSE ARTHRITIS.
REMOTE INJURIES TO THE CARTILAGE OR TO THE
LIGAMENTS OF THE KNEE CAN ALSO CAUSE ARTHRITIS.
AND DO YOU SEE IT MORE IN MEN OR WOMEN IN YOUR PRACTICE?
WELL UMM ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF PATIENTS ARE ACTUALLY WOMEN.
REALLY?
YEA.
I WOULD'VE GUESSED MEN.
WHICH IS THE VERY COMMON REACTION BUT IT'S A IT'S VERY
COUNTER INTUITIVE.
AND WHAT HAVE BEEN LET'S THE TRADITIONAL NON SURGICAL OPTIONS
FOR PATIENTS WHO HAVE THIS?
THERE ARE A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED.
A WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAM.
THEY DID THAT TO MY DAD.
AND THAT MAKES ALOT OF SENSE.
ORGANIZED PHYSICAL THERAPY.
HE DID THAT TOO.
ACTIVITY MODIFICATION UM MEDICINES LIKE NON STEROIDAL
ANTI INFLAMMATORY MEDICINES.
TYLENOL CAN BE HELPFUL.
INJECTIONS AND SOMETIME EVEN BRACING CAN BE CONSIDERED.
AND WE DID ALL THAT FOR MY DAD SO WE HAD TO THEN GO TO NOW A
SURGICAL OPTION AND HE ACTUALLY DID LAST YEAR A TOTAL KNEE
REPLACEMENT.
COMMON?
TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENTS ARE VERY VERY COMMON.
MORE THEN 600,000 ARE DONE IN THE UNITED STATES
EVERY YEAR.
WOW.
UMM BUT ABOUT THIRTY PERCENT OF OUR TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT
PATIENTS ARE ACTUALLY CANDIDATES FOR PARTIAL KNEE REPLACEMENT
BECAUSE THE ARTHRITIS IS MUCH MORE LOCALIZED TO ONE PART OF
THE KNEE.
SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
I MEAN I CAN IMAGINE WHAT IT IS BUT CAN
YOU TELL ME THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TOTAL AND A PARTIAL
AND I GUESS THE RECOVERY I'M ASSUMING IS GOING TO BE ALOT
EASIER?
OHH IT IS.
SO LET ME JUST SHOW YOU A MODEL.
THIS IS A MODEL OF THE KNEE AND IT ACTUALLY HAPPENS
TO HAVE A PARTIAL KNEE REPLACEMENT IN IT.
IF WE WERE DOING A TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT
WE WOULD REMOVE ALL THE CARTILAGE SURFACES OF THE KNEE.
BUT WITH A PARTIAL KNEE REPLACEMENT WE CAN EXPOSE THE
JOINT TO A SMALLER INCISION...
UMMMHMM.
AND THEN REMOVE ONLY THE ONE COMPARTMENT OF THE KNEE THAT'S
EFFECTED BY THE ARTHRITIS.
OHHH.
SO WE DO THIS ON AN OUT PATIENT BASIS TYPICALLY.
EASIER TO DO.
MUCH EASIER TO DO.
UMM ALTHOUGH THERE'S SOME CAVEATS TO THAT.
OK UMM THE RECOVERY IS QUICKER.
PATIENTS TYPICALLY ARE OFF THEIR PAIN MEDICINES MORE QUICKLY.
THEY CAN RETURN TO WORK MORE QUICKLY AND GET BACK IN ACTION
FAR MORE QUICKLY THEN THEY CAN WITH A TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT.
NOW I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN ADVANCEMENTS WITH PARTIAL KNEE
REPLACEMENTS.
CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT TODAY?
SURE.
AS ATTRACTIVE AS PARTIAL KNEE REPLACEMENTS ARE TO
PHYSICIANS AND TO PATIENTS THE REALITY IS THAT UNLESS THEY'RE
DONE WITH GREAT PRECISION, THE DURABILITY OF A PARTIAL KNEE
REPLACEMENT MAY NOT MIMIC THE DURABILITY OF A TOTAL KNEE
REPLACEMENT.
AND WE CERTAINLY WANT THESE TO LAST A VERY LONG
TIME SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST ADVANCES THAT HAS COME OUT IN
THE LAST FIVE YEARS IN PARTIAL KNEE REPLACEMENTS IS ROBOTIC
TECHNOLOGY.
AND WHAT IS THAT CAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A VIDEO FOR OUR VIEWERS.
AND EXPLAIN TO US WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE.
WELL BASICALLY WHAT ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY IS IS IT'S A VERY
SMART WAY OF OF PREPARING THE BONE.
WE CAN DETERMINE IN ADVANCE OF SURGERY HOW MUCH BONE
WE WANT TO REMOVE, HOW WE WANT TO ORIENT THE PARTS, AND IT ALSO
ALLOWS US TO VERY PRECISELY BALANCE THE LIGAMENTS OF THE
JOINT.
AND THOSE THREE ELEMENTS ARE CONTRIBUTING DRAMATICALLY TO
THE LONG TERM SUCCESS AND DURABILITY OF THESE PARTIAL KNEE
REPLACEMENTS.
SO REALLY MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR THE PATIENT NOT ONLY THE
NEXT WEEK, THE NEXT MONTH BUT LONG TERM.
BIG TIME.
HAVE YOU SEEN A PATIENT THAT COMES TO MIND THAT SOMETHING
LIKE THIS AND THIS ADVANCEMENT REALLY WAS A TURNING POINT.
WELL I'VE BEEN DOING SURGERY FOR NEARLY TWENTY YEARS AND USING
ROBOTICS FOR ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS SO I DO HAVE ALOT OF
STORIES, BUT ONE OF THE STORIES THAT COMES TO MIND IS THAT OF A
67 YEAR OLD WOMAN WHOSE LITERALLY JUST IN MY OFFICE THE
OTHER DAY.
WHO WITHIN THREE WEEKS OF SURGERY BEGAN HIKING A
RECENT MOUTIN RANGE NEAR HER HOME IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
AND SHE COULDN'T DO IT BEFORE.
BEFORE THAT SHE WAS HOBBLED WITH A CANE.
COULDN'T ENJOY PLAYING WITH HER GRANDKIDS.
WAS REALLY STRUGGLING.
THAT'S WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
YOU'RE WELCOME.
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
GREAT INFORMATION.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON TODAY'S
TOPIC YOU CAN VISIT THE BLUE BELT TECHNOLOGIES WEBSITE BY
GOING TO BLUEBELTTECH.COM.
THAT'S BLUEBELTTECH.COM.
AND AS ALWAYS FOR INFORMATION ON ALL
OUR SEGMENTS VISIT US AT THEBALANCINGACT.COM OR GET
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GREAT INFORMATION ON TODAY'S SHOW.
AND IF YOU NEED TO KNOW MORE, HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE
THEBALANCINGACT.COM WE'RE ALSO ON TWITTER AND WHY
NOT SEND US A TWEET.
I'D LOVE TO HEAR AND SHE'D LOVE TO HEAR
WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND.
YOU CAN CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK.
POST SOMETHING.
LET'S GET SOCIAL, RIGHT?
THAT'S RIGHT.
LET'S GET SOCIAL.
THERE'S A SONG THERE.
UNTIL NEXT TIME, REMEMBER FIND YOUR
BALANCE.
SO LONG EVERYBODY.
SOCIAL.
LET'S GET SOCIAL.
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