Weight and Healthcare • 179 implied HN points • 26 Jan 22
- Healthcare providers should consider treating joint pain in fat individuals similarly to thin people, offering options like strengthening muscles, physical therapy, and surgery.
- Access to treatment is an issue for many due to weight-based biases; patients should be given all options with risks explained, and their choices respected.
- Joint surgery denials based on weight can be challenged with research showing that intentional weight loss before surgery may have worse outcomes, and weight loss surgery does not necessarily improve complication rates.