Category: Knee Pain

May 2, 2017 LAS VEGAS — Young athletes who previously sustained an intra-articular knee injury had a higher risk of structural changes associated with future osteoarthritis, according to results presented at the Osteoarthritis Research Society International World Congress. “Young adults around the age of 22 [years] who sustained an intra-articular knee injury when they were…

In this article from Medscape, Pam Harrison, wrote, “knee replacement surgery improved the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities arthritis index score by 10.69 points“… I looked at my data from 2016, and the average score reduction on the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities arthritis index in my office was 23.6 points!  I use a non-surgical…

A company that makes braces, just came out with a brace for knee arthritis.  It is called the Web Tech Knee Brace.  I took a look at it, and it looks useful, especially if you are on your feet for a long time.  If you want to take a look, CLICK HERE.

If you have any of these, you are at risk of going on to have a total knee replacement if you’ve already had your knee scoped. Obesity Older than 70 years old Have diabetes Depression Rheumatoid arthritis Boyd JA, et al. Orthopedics. 2016;doi:10.3928/01477447-20160719-01. March 7, 2017 Results from this study demonstrated women, patients 70 years and…

MARCH 3, 2017 For people who have osteoarthritis (OA), knee pain severity may be a far more important predictor of long-term incident widespread pain than structural damage, according to results from Canada’s Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study (MOST). Indeed, researchers at the Université de Montréal concluded that consistent frequent knee pain, symptomatic knee OA and knee pain…

Growing evidence of relationship, but only for females by Wayne Kuznar, Contributing Writer February 19, 2017 Women with thigh muscle weakness have an increased risk of radiographic knee osteoarthritis (RKOA), but this relationship was no longer significant when adjusting for body mass index (BMI). In men, in contrast, thigh muscle strength was similar between knees with RKOA and…

by Chris Centeno, M.D. What are the side effects of orthopedic surgery? One of the more disturbing things we see in interventional orthopedics is patients who have undergone multiple aggressive types of orthopedic surgery. The behavior is a bit like a gambler at a casino. If you don’t hit it big the first time, keep doubling…

74.1% of the patients that their knee nerves burned with Cooled RF Ablation, had at least 50% relief after 6 months. My data shows that 66.67% of my patients treated with TRIGENICS® had at least 50% relief at 6 months WITHOUT having to burn their knee nerves. That’s only a 7.43% difference. And, my knee pain…