Is the doctor recommending surgery for minor knee discomfort?
In this article: The problem for patients receiving a recommendation for surgery as the preferred knee osteoarthritis treatment based on MRI. In many patients we see, an older athlete will come in and...
View ArticleTreating the patient with continued pain after knee surgery
Often a patient will come in with a history of one or more knee surgeries and the hope of avoiding another by using Prolotherapy, Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy, or Stem Cell Therapy, depending on the...
View ArticleAre patients expecting too much from their joint replacement?
Despite an overall positive view of the end result of a hip or knee replacement, some research suggests that up to 19% of patients are not satisfied with their knee replacement outcomes for various...
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 ArticleResearch 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...
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Knee pain injection choices: hyaluronic acid or platelet rich plasma
Hyaluronic acid injections: More harm than good? Recently investigators looking at the long term benefit of Hyaluronic acid injections found that while hyaluronic acid injections can provide...
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...
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Stem Cell Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis
In the past year, doctors published numerous studies to highlight their findings that stem cell therapy from both bone marrow and fat sources show significant results in the repair of rotator cuff,...
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MRI for knee surgery recommendation
Research says that the knee ligament complex may be too complex to depend on an MRI recommendation for surgery.1 MRI for knee surgery recommendation Before you consider the surgical option based on an...
View ArticleStem Cell Therapy for Cartilage Repair
In this article, the doctors of the Magaziner Center for Wellness explain stem cell therapy for cartilage repair. The excitement surrounding research on stem cell therapy for osteoarthritis centers on...
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Women’s Knee Pain
Women’s 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 from...
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 Therapy for Cartilage Repair
In this article, the doctors of the Magaziner Center for Wellness explain stem cell therapy for cartilage repair. The excitement surrounding research on stem cell therapy for osteoarthritis centers on...
View ArticleIs the doctor recommending surgery for minor knee discomfort?
In this article: The problem for patients receiving a recommendation for surgery as the preferred knee osteoarthritis treatment based on MRI. Here is a typical patient and their story: An older...
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 ArticleAre patients expecting too much from their joint replacement?
Despite an overall positive view of the end result of a hip or knee replacement, some research suggests that up to 19% of patients are not satisfied with their knee replacement outcomes for various...
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Women’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...
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Stem Cell Therapy for Cartilage Repair
In this article, the doctors of the Magaziner Center for Wellness explain stem cell therapy for cartilage repair. The excitement surrounding research on stem cell therapy for osteoarthritis centers on...
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 ArticleKnee replacement patients at high risk of hip fractures
// Doctors in Sweden have published results of a fracture risk study that show that individuals with total knee replacement had a low risk for hip and vertebral fracture in the decade before surgery....
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