Research says PRP injections effective for cartilage repair
PRP represents a safe, economical, easy to prepare and easy to apply source of growth factors in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis Regenerative medicine is the science that studies the regeneration...
View ArticleLosing weight is knee pain management
Researchers recognize that catch-22 that effect knee osteoarthritis patients who battle obesity. The knee pain makes them inactive which leads to weight gain and the weight gain leads to greater pain...
View ArticlePlatelet Rich Plasma Therapy for Bone on bone knee
PRP for bone on bone knees Preliminary results indicate that the treatment with PRP injections is safe and has the potential to reduce pain and improve knee function and quality of live in younger...
View ArticleStem cell injections for osteoarthritis in older patients
We receive many questions regarding stem cell therapy for osteoarthritis conditions. One of the most most frequently asked are “am I too old for treatment? or, “Is my father (mother) too old for...
View ArticleWomen’s Knee Pain
Women’s knee pain: Common, treatable and often overlooked or mismanaged Despite the variety of effective treatments, and physicians who specialize in treating pain, women often suffer unnecessarily...
View ArticleOne in three knee replacements should not be done
// One Third of Knee Replacements Classified as Inappropriate Many people write to us regularly asking about their options for knee replacement. We will usually see an email that contains concerns such...
View Article43% of knee MRIs useless in helping patient
// Research says that the knee ligament complex may be too complex to depend on an MRI recommendation for surgery.1 New research agrees and says 43% of knee MRIs are basically useless. Investigators...
View ArticleStem Cell Therapy for Cartilage Repair
// Article summary: Researchers suggest that Stem Cell Therapy has the potential to regenerate lost cartilage, stop and reverse cartilage degeneration, provide pain relief, and improve patient...
View ArticleStem Cell Therapy for meniscus related osteoarthritis
// If you are a patient suffering with long-term knee problems caused by a damaged or surgically removed meniscus, you have likely been made aware that your meniscus, or what remains of it, has a...
View ArticleOrthokine Regenokine Knee Injections
Orthokine or Regenokine Injections Orthokine/Regenokine is similar to or even sometimes called a derivative of Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy (PRP). As in PRP, blood is drawn from the patient and...
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