“People are living much longer and pursuing much more active lifestyles these days,” says Nebraska Medicine orthopaedic surgeon Beau Kildow, MD. “More and more patients are diagnosed with osteoarthritis, and it’s becoming a common condition. People want to keep pursuing an active lifestyle and don’t want the pain to keep them down.”

An estimated 58.5 million adults in the United States have arthritis. A number that is expected to increase as our population gets older. In general terms, arthritis describes inflammation or swelling of the joints. A person with arthritis will experience pain and stiffness in one or more joints. There are more than 100 conditions that can affect your joints, tissues around the joint and other connective tissues. It is a leading cause of work disability among U.S. adults.