chronic knee pain? surgery probably not the best solution
CHRONIC KNEE PAIN?SURGERY NOT USUALLY THE BEST ANSWER “The benefits of knee repair procedures in older adults for painful arthritic knee or torn meniscus are short-lived and “inconsequential” compared with the potential harms. Older patients who have knee pain but do not have osteoarthritis – a chronic disease of […]
exploding incidence of knee pain / knee arthritis in the united states
THE GROWING PROBLEM OF KNEE PAIN “Recent Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) data suggest substantial rates of pain from the various causes…… For U.S. adults reporting pain, causes include knee pain (19.5%)” From the American Academy of Pain Management’s Facts and Figures on Pain. A new […]
chronic pain solutions for long distance patients
SOLVING CHRONIC PAIN IN OUT-OF-STATE AND INTERNATIONAL PATIENTS Morton Buildings Ref# 3948 On this “Good Friday” I just want to say that I am grateful to God, who has blessed my practice beyond measure. This decade has seen an explosion in the numbers of patients that come from all over the world to get help […]
knee surgery causes knee arthritis
DOES KNEE SURGERY CAUSE KNEE ARTHRITIS?SEEMS SO “The meniscus is needed to distribute the body weight across the knee. Without the meniscus the body weight is distributed unevenly on the femur and tibia possibly leading to early arthritis to the knee joint. The tear of meniscus is among the most common knee injuries.” – […]
what is patellofemoral syndrome?
PATELLO-FEMORAL SYNDROMEWHAT IT IS AND HOW TO DEAL WITH IT EFFECTIVELY? “Consensus is lacking regarding the cause and treatment of the syndrome. Many theories have been proposed to explain the etiology of patellofemoral pain. These include biomechanical, muscular and overuse theories. In general, the literature and clinical experience suggest that the etiology of patellofemoral pain […]
i have become my knee
“I HAVE BECOME MY KNEE” Becky Stern I‘ll never forget the first time I heard a patient make a statement like this; “I have become my knee“. I totally understood what he was saying. “Joe” had come to me for chronic knee pain due to an old high school football injury. Although he was much […]