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New research: PRP before Cortisone and Surgery
Published on May 15, 2012.
More research is out for the use of Platelet Rich Plasma therapy in knee pain. What is the most appropriate treatment for patellar tendinopathy? At one time it was that that tendinopathy was the result of inlammation. Now doctors know that tendinopathy is a problem of degeneration. Patellar tendinopathy or
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Researchers say PRP effective for articular cartilage repair
Published on May 14, 2012.
The articular cartilage is the tough tissue that covers the ends of bones. In the knees, lesions or tears are very common. If the lesions go all the way through to the bone it is called a full-thickness lesion. The typical method of repairing this injury is surgery. However articular
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New research: Prolotherapy and Knee Osteoarthritis
Published on May 7, 2012.
New research says: Prolotherapy may result in safe, significant, sustained improvement of knee pain in adults with moderate to severe osteoarthritis Research appearing in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine says “In adults with moderate to severe knee osteoarthritis, dextrose prolotherapy may result in safe, significant, sustained improvement of
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Knee Pain and knee replacement options
Published on April 12, 2012.
Knee replacement expectations not met according to researchers Read below from the Journal of Arthroscopy “This prospective cohort study determined the type, frequency, intensity, and duration of actual vs expected leisure activity among a cohort undergoing total knee arthroplasty. Data on actual and expected participation in 36 leisure activities were
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Meniscal Surgery Options
Published on March 26, 2012.
Whether using Prolotherapy, Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy, or Stem Cell Therapy, we know that you cannot fix one part of the knee without examining and fixing the whole knee. Recent research published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine agrees. Here is what they said: “Meniscal tears often occur in
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Stem cell therapy and cartilage repair
Published on March 6, 2012.
Recent studies provide strong evidence for the beneficial use of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapy in cartilage related disorders. (1) Dr. Allan Magaziner and Dr. Scott Greenberg are among only a handful of doctors in the United States who have been trained to use stem cell therapy for musculoskeletal disorders.
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The knee can repair itself
Published on February 21, 2012.
Prolotherapy and PRP for the Knee Most of the patients we see in our office are patients that have already been to many different doctors with varying degreess of success or failure in their knee pain treatments. While we are in New jersey, we see patients from all over the
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