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Boomers Fuel Boom in Orthopedics
Baby boomers are an active lot, a can-do generation that embraced exercise and fitness as an integral part of life. And they’re not 
about to give that up, despite injuries and the cumulative wear and tear on their joints as they advance through middle age.
(Pictured: A serious leg injury suffered on the tennis court didn’t stop Norman Kenyon, M.D., from resuming exercise.)
If you’re one of the 78 million Americans between your mid-40s and mid-60s, you might be an avid runner or tennis player. Maybe your job demands a certain level of physical agility and strength. Or perhaps you enjoy swimming, doing 5K fundraising walks or exploring new places on bicycle.
Even some of the parents of baby boomers are still swinging golf clubs and tennis rackets, taking trips around the world and deep knee-bending in their gardens, well into their 70s and 80s.
“We are seeing a significant number of individuals who are trying to stay very active later in life, playing tennis, playing golf, cycling, jogging, swimming,” said John Uribe, M.D., a Board-certified orthopedic surgeon at the Center for Orthopedics and Sports Medicine at Doctors Hospital. Read full article.
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