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

Patellar tendinopathy

Patellar tendinopathy is a degenerative disorder of the patellar tendon.

Patellar tendinitis

Patellar tendinitis is a painful condition of the patellar tendon where tiny tears within the tendon attempt to heal themselves but lead to foci of mucoid deterioration within the tendon.

Patellar subluxation

Patellar subluxation is when the patella rides suddenly up the side of its groove, but does not fully dislocate.

Patellar retinaculum

The patellar retinaculum is the fibrous material at the sides of the patella, that act to stabilise it.

Patellar resurfacing

Patellar resurfacing is a surgical procedure to replace the joint surface of the patella.