Arthroscopic Knee Surgery is Usually Useless

Good article from sports medical physician Dr. Gabe Mirkin, describing research studies showing that except for acute injuries or cases with locking and/or giving out of the knee, most cartilage surgery is useless.
With this amount of evidence, why do you think the medical physicians continue to perform 2 million of these procedures at a cost of $3 billion dollars per year?

Arthroscopic Knee Surgery is Usually Useless

Price Of A Brace Brings Soccer Player To His Knees

Doctor's offices typically mark up braces and other medical equipment 3-4 times. This article from Kaiser Health News recommends checking online for prices because many times one can get the same product for up to hundreds of dollars less. 
Has anyone found that they significantly overpaid for medical equipment at a doctors office?Price Of A Brace Brings Soccer Player To His Knees

Muscle Loss from Inactivity: 34 Percent in Just Two Weeks

A study from the University of Copenhagen and published in the Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine showed that wearing an immobilizing knee brace for just two weeks caused men to lose between 20-34% of leg muscle strength! This is one of the reasons I am continually encouraging my patients to stay as active as possible even when they have more severe injuries. 
Were you aware that significant muscle loss could occur this fast?

Muscle Loss from Inactivity: 34 Percent in Just Two Weeks