KNEEguru Contributor

Dr Sheila Strover

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 - Discoid meniscus

A discoid meniscus is a normal variant that sometimes causes problems in the knee.

Part 3 - Factors affecting meniscal healing

The anatomical situation of a meniscus tear, its blood supply and repetitive damage are all factors affecting healing.

Part 2 - Meniscus tears

Dr Strover explains the different types of meniscus tear and the implications for healing.

Part 1 - Introduction to the knee meniscus

An overview of the anatomy and key issues of damage to the knee meniscus. First published in 2011, and reviewed August 2023 by Dr Sheila Strover (Clinical Editor)

Part 5 - Late phase of the Rehab Cycle - getting back to normal

Activities of daily living and sports preparedness are important in this phase of rehab.