Doctor Reacts To Try Guys | Ned's Knee Surgery

Ned Fulmer from The Try Guys had surgery on his knee a while back, so today I'm taking a look at the video he did about it to throw my medical hat into the ring. There was a lot to break down here, such as Ned's opioid use, the mechanism of injury playing paintball, the actual surgery, and his long road to recovery. His meniscus tear was particularly serious, and his leg turning green concerned me a lot! Congratulations to Ned on overcoming this obstacle, I think we can see your post-traumatic growth! I'm a big fan of the Try Guys, so which video of there's should I react to next? Birth pain simulator, Zach's chronic pain, something else? Let me know!

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[anniebananni]

This is truly the crossover we deserve 🥰🥰 (If you’re doing try guys react videos you could also do one on Zach’s autoimmune disease!!!)

[juliawilliams]

" Long term we don't have great ways of pain control". As someone who suffers with chronic pain, going on six years, I felt that. Thank you for mentioning this.

[ubachsbergm]

Who’s here after we found out about Ned

[elizacarrie]

I laughed so hard when he paused as Ned flushed the meds and said very monotone “that is not the proper way to dispose of medication” 😅😅. I did a research study in High school about all the adverse effects of flushing medication and I always have a little bell in my head when I see someone doing that saying “ring ring, I know this is an important moment for you but that’s bad for the environment ring ring”

[jillianbergamasco]

You should look at Zach’s whole medical journey too. Ankylosing spondylitis. He describes it like he’s trapped in an old man body.

[arlenehodges]

Dr Mike: *_Genuinely get's concerned about the green leg and talks about how it could lead to life threatening problems_*
Editor: ( _calmly with a smile_ ) Its just a green scrub :)

[bekker]

As a Physical Therapist, nothing makes me happier seeing Doctor Mike react to something that falls within my field of work. Knees are very intricate joints even if they 'just' flex and extent. I see a lot of patients after total knee arthroplasty and it's not uncommon for the rehabilitation period to be 6 to 12 months for a full recovery. Awesome video!

[krystalmassey]

I NEED a Dr. Mike/Try Guys crossover. Maybe one of their TGGT can be medical knowledge with Dr. Mike hosting.

[shannonverrier]

2023 this video filled me with rage for ariel. ❤

[physiofreak]

I'm soooo glad that in the end this guy found a good physical therapist. I think this is a field that could be mentioned on this channel more often ;) perhaps if he had good rehab after his first trauma, he wouldn't need the surgury. Rehab can really do a lot, medication is not always the answer

[wendymonkelien-brown]

My husband was literally hit by another semi. He absolutely refused to take opiod painkillers. He was too worried about the possibility of becoming dependent. (This was during the time period where it seems EVERYONE was prescribing them btw). He now deals with moderate/severe arthritis daily with just OTC pain relievers.

[jodymichelle]

I work in veterinary medicine at a surgical practice. It blows my mind when people want to know why their dog is still limping at the 2 week postop appointment. It’s hard to find a way that is not condescending to explain it’s because the bone was broken and put back together with a plate and screws just 2 weeks ago. Remember at the initial consult when we discussed it taking at least 6-8 weeks for the bone to heal? I think people see to much tv and think it’s normal to skip right over that healing and rehab phase.

[newtpollution]

As someone with chronic pain who grew up in a household with a parent who also suffered from chronic pain (at one point my father was on fentanyl patches just to stay sane), I've always felt very deeply for Ned and Zach when they talk about their health issues.

[alexaIto]

DPT student here!! That’s why PT after surgery is so crucial. In Ned’s case sitting and icing for long periods of time can lead to joint adaptations and loss of functional movement within that joint. Controlling the pain and inflammation while mobilizing the joint definitely leads to better outcomes.

[amandadadesky]

It seems to me a major issue in cases like these is miscommunication. Even now, this long into the pandemic, we're just finding out that laymen don't understand the *medical* designations for mild, moderate, severe, catastrophic, etc. If HCWs don't spell it out in clear, uncomplicated terms, patients are going to have very skewed expectations for outcomes and recovery.

[TheMisterEMS]

Doctor Mike and the Try Guys is the crossover that we all needed!

[adriannealbertson]

that aged... i dont wanna say well but it aged

[linepedersen]

As a person with chronic back pain I can only testify that the options of painkillers is really limited with chronic pain. At my worst point I had to take 5 100mg gabapentin, 8 500mg panodil, 3-4 400mg ipren a day, along with 1 50mg Quetiapin to stop my mind from constantly thinking about the pain, and the jabs I get when turning, when I was supposed to be sleeping.
In November, December and January I was at a rehabilitation clinic and now I no longer take any painkillers even though the pain isn’t gone, I learned new ways of handling it and come up with new ways of going about so it lessens the impact on my back.

[brittanyreynolds]

I too echo the comments of other physical therapists out there. Makes me so happy to see a documented journey of the story so many patients need to see/hear. Movement and the help of a knowledgeable PT come through so much with this type of problem when so many unnecessary surgeries and painkiller prescriptions happen. In recent years there's evidence that arthroscopic meniscus repair surgery actually showed no better outcomes than sham surgery (when patients had meniscus repair but no knee OA). Great video to both parties here. Love it.

[fancybanana]

I love that there is a YouTube channel where we can learn things without it being boring or cringe