
Dr Sheila Strover
Editorial Volunteer
Degrees: BSc (Hons), MB BCh, MBA
Particular expertise: clinical editing, online publishing, patient advocacy, KNEEguru Founder
Location: Newquay, CON, TR7 1HU, United Kingdom
Dr Sheila Strover is the Founder and previous Clinical Editor of the KNEEguru website. She now offers her time to The Knee Foundation charity as a volunteer editor.
Her medical studies were completed at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa - BSc(Hons) (1968) and MBBCh (1974). She emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1983 and worked as an anaesthetist (anaesthesiologist) until 1989 when she left practice to work in a managerial position at the Droitwich Knee Clinic, which she co-founded with her knee surgeon ex-husband, Angus Strover.
There she was involved with the establishment of The Knee Foundation (an academic trust) and helped to design the content of their academic courses, as well as designing and bringing to production a 3-dimensional arthroscopic training model of the knee.
A sabbatical in at Warwick University 1973-1974 earned her an MBA (1994), and at this stage she also established the KNEEguru company and website and , with help from the shareholders, she started to build the site content which continues to grow.
Dr Strover resigned from the Clinic in 2002, and has concentrated her energies on creating within the KNEEguru website a successful venue for the collaboration of Patients, Clinical Practitioners and Industry in the knee field.
She retired from all executive roles in 2025, but retains the position of Volunteer Editor for the KNEEguru.
Contributions
Part 4 - Injections into the knee for knee arthritis
Pain in the arthritic knee may be reduced with hyaluronic acid or steroid injections into the joint.
Part 3 - Orthotics and aids for knee arthritis
Orthotics, walking aids, unloader braces and household aids are valuable in patients with arthritic knee pain.
Part 2 - Knee arthritis and exercise
Symptomatic improvement in patients with arthritic knees can be achieved with home exercise routines.
Part 1 - Knee osteoarthritis and diet
Not only is overweight an issue with arthritic knee pain, but attention should be paid to the benefits and detriments of certain food groups.
Part 8 - How urgent is your knee problem?
Cost and time are important to anyone, and knowing if your knee problem is urgent or not is helpful.