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 - Intermediate phase of the Rehab Cycle - focusing on function

In this phase of rehabilitation the focus is on regaining function and range of motion, gradually increasing general strength and avoiding complications.

Part 3 - Early phase of the Rehab Cycle - once you are mobile

Once you are out of bed after a knee injury or surgery, you will have to deal with walking, showering, using the toilet and coping with other domestic hazards. Take care not to re-injure yourself!

Part 2 - Early phase of the Rehab Cycle - in bed

Being confined to bed presents is own hazards.

Part 1 - Immediate phase of the Rehab Cycle - the 'wounded' knee

Dr Sheila Strover highlights those important clinical things that need to evaluated immediately after knee injury or surgery.

The joint capsule – why it is key to understanding so much about the knee

The capsule of the knee plays a critical role in allowing normal knee movement.