#36 - Eric Chehab, M.D.: Extending healthspan and preserving quality of life
The Peter Attia Drive
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I've Lived Without an ACL in My Left Knee Since I Was 12 Years Old
The knee is incredibly good at bearing weight and supporting your weight. But it's n incredibly complex design with more moving parts. Every degree of freedom is in play with rotation, translation. So if i were god for a day, i would make the ligaments immortal. Because the cartilage wearing down in the knee is fundamentally what will slow people down. People can live without an a c al. You can live a very productive, active life without one but you will be prone to instability. The repetitive giving out episodes can start wearing through the maniscus. And once the manisca starts going, the articular, hard cartilage starts going as well. Once the hard cartilage
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