Category: Knee Pain
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The Web Tech Knee Brace
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.
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Fear of Movement Plagues Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis
In this article, they found that people who have knee pain because of their arthritis tend to reduce their physical activity, and get weaker, which then leads to more pain. Vicious cycle! That is how I can help people with knee pain by using Trigenics. I can create a window of opportunity where the knee…
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Study cites risk factors for conversion to TKA following knee arthroscopy
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…
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Knee Pain Severity, Not Structural Damage, a Risk Factor for Incident Widespread Pain
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…
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Weak Thigh Muscles Increase Knee OA Risk in Women
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…
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The Side Effects of Orthopedic Knee Surgery: Doubling Down at the Great Orthopedic Surgery Casino
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…
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Cooled RF Ablation Superior to Corticosteroids in Knee Osteoarthritis
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…
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Running May Actually Lower Inflammation in Knee Joints
Researchers suggest running might slow development of osteoarthritis FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2017 (HealthDay News) — Running might actually reduce inflammation in knee joints, according to research published recently in the European Journal of Applied Physiology. Matt Seeley, Ph.D., an associate professor of exercise sciences at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, and colleagues reached their…
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Chair Yoga Helps Older Adults Manage Osteoarthritis Pain
Chair yoga may produce sustained improvements in pain among older adults with lower extremity osteoarthritis, according to a study published online Dec. 23 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Want to get an idea as to what chair yoga is? CLICK HERE for a 20 minute video.
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Christine – Knee Pain For 1 Year
Meet Christine. She’s been having right knee pain over the past year. She had 4 weeks of pre-surgical physical therapy, then surgery to fix her torn meniscus, then 6 weeks of physical therapy after the surgery, and her KNEE STILL HURTS! This video shows, with her permission, how she responded to her first Trigenics® treatment here: