ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS FOR JOINTS, BACK AND
NECK PAINS
Back pain, Disc Prolapse, Knee Arthritis and Joint pain are very common, irrespective of
age. Most of these cases can be cured using conservation treatment and changes in life
style. Osteoarthritis of Knee and Spondylosis of spine may cause stiffness or pain in the
neck or back. It may also cause weakness or numbness in the legs or arms and for severe
cases it effects the spinal nerves or the spinal cord. Usually, the back discomfort is
relieved when the person is in lying down position.
COMMON
CONDITIONS
COMMON CONDITIONS CAUSING NECK & BACK PAIN
- Sciatica
- Cervical & Lumbar disc prolapsed
- Cervical & Lumbar spondylosis
- Spondylosis / Disc Prolapse
- Sacroiliac Arthritis
- Lumbago
- Vertigo ..Etc
- Spinal stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease
- Facet Arthropathy
- Common Conditions Causing Joint Pains
- Knee osteoarthritis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Rheumatology
Moist heat sources include warm baths and washcloths soaked in warm water. Soaking in a
warm tub can be a good way to apply heat to all parts of the body at once, especially if
you ache all over with fibromyalgia or if you have arthritis in several joints. Applying
a cold compress can reduce pain and swelling.
HOW CAN I MAKE ARTHRITIS BACK OR KNEE PAIN
GO AWAY?
- Exercise, Weight Loss.
- Eat well. To stay as healthy as possible, give your body the best nourishment it
needs.
- Improve your posture. Good posture can prevent future arthritis pain.
- Stay active. Regular exercise strengthens muscles that support the joints and
improves flexibility and balance. Take a break.
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
- Hyaluronic acid injections.
TREATMENT
OPTIONS
VISCOSUPPLEMENTATION
If all other treatments prove ineffective or are no longer effective as your
osteoarthritis worsens, doctors may need to consider more aggressive treatments.
In search for less invasive treatments that provide greater relief, researchers
discovered the benefits of lubrication injections, or viscosupplementation.
Viscosupplements are doses of hyaluronic acid that are injected into the knee and into
the synovial fluid. This is a relatively new form of treatment for knee OSTEOARTHRITIS.
Viscosupplementation has become more popular and more widely accepted, and is being used
to treat symptoms of mild to moderate Osteoarthritis of the knee.
HOW VISCOSUPPLEMENTATION WORK
People with osteoarthritis of the knee have lower levels of hyaluronic acid in their
synovial fluid. What fluid does remain in the joint is often thinner and less effective
than fluid in healthy joints. It is not able to protect the cartilage and bone from
grinding and damage as well as it once could.
For each dose of a viscosupplement, a doctor injects hyaluronic acid (also called
hyaluron or hyaluronate) into the knee joint's synovial fluid.
The additional hyaluronic acid fills the joint area and increases lubrication in the
joint, making movement much easier. Researchers also think that the injection of
hyaluronic acid may stimulate the body to produce more of its own hyaluronic acid, which
will further cushion the joint and make the effects of the injections last longer.
Viscosupplementation is ideal for people who have mild to moderate osteoarthritis of the
knee. It may be especially useful for people who have not responded to other
osteoarthritis treatments, such as physical therapy, weight loss, pain relievers, and
corticosteroid injections.
CARTILAGE TRANSPLANT
Cartilage cells are vital as cushions inside the joints of the body. Healthy cartilage
tissue keeps joints smooth, flexible and pain free. If cartilage tissue becomes damaged,
this damage tends to be permanent. Joints become painful and lose their flexibility.
Cartilage cannot regenerate naturally inside the body. After some time bones start to
collide. The joints start to become inflamed and permanently stiff, unless a prosthetic
joint is implanted. This painful process represents the irreversible development of
osteoarthritis.
So Replacing lost knee or Joint cartilage with tissue grafts may help restore normal
knee or joint function and may delay or even eliminate the need for a knee replacement.
EFFECTIVENESS OF CARTILAGE
TRANSPLANT
- Immediate and lasting pain reduction
- Potentially slow down future cartilage degeneration
- Restoration of resilience
- Improved agility
- Reconstruction of the cartilage layer using new cartilage through a natural
process
- Prevention of or delay in the need for joint replacement
STEM CELL THERAPY
Painful Joints and discs in the neck or low back are common causes of severe disability
and back pain. Historically, therapies did not exist to regenerate the degenerative
process in a vertebral disc, often leaving surgical intervention as the only option if
other non-operative treatment options have failed. In selected patients, there are
better ways to treat spinal and Joint disease. Regenerative therapies for the spine and
Joints are the future for spinal and joint treatments. We are excited to offer
innovative techniques as new and improved ways to try to heal spinal and joint problems
without having to undergo surgery. Regenerative therapy options hold wonderful healing
potential and represent the future of modern medicine.
THIS IS HOW IT WORK
We obtain a patient's own stem cells by aspirating tissue from the patient's hip
bone or from their fat cells. These cells are centrifuged down to identify and
separate specific primitive cells that will help heal tissues. Stem cells are then
injected into the disc, stimulating healing of the disc by using these primitive
blood cells to stimulate regeneration of collagen within the disc. We are excited to
report improvements in our patients treated with stem cells.
Not all patients will be a candidate for these disc regeneration procedures. For
those whom are ideal candidates, this provides great hope with reduction in pain and
improved quality of life without the need for major surgery. We are excited about
these great advances in health care and look forward to helping you live pain free.
STEM CELL INJECTIONS ARE MOST
COMMONLY USED FOR TREATMENT OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
- Osteoarthritis of joints including knee, hip, shoulder, and ankle joints
- Chronic partial rotator cuff tears
- Persistent partial tendon tears, such as tennis elbow, plantar fasciitis,
quadriceps and patellar tendon tears
- Muscular tears
- Meniscal (cartilage) tears in the knee
- Discogenic back pain
- Spinal facet pain
- Chronic radiculopathy (pinched nerve)
- Sacroiliac joint pain
STEM CELL INJECTIONS ARE MOST
COMMONLY USED FOR TREATMENT OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
- Immediate and lasting pain reduction
- Potentially slow down future cartilage degeneration
- Restoration of resilience
- Improved agility
- Reconstruction of the cartilage layer using new cartilage through a natural
process
- Prevention of or delay in the need for joint replacement
CARTILAGE TRANSPLANTATION
Cartilage cells are vital as cushions inside the joints of the body. Healthy cartilage
tissue keeps joints smooth, flexible and pain free. If cartilage tissue becomes damaged,
this damage tends to be permanent. Joints become painful and lose their flexibility.
Cartilage cannot regenerate naturally inside the body. After some time bones start to
collide. The joints start to become inflamed and permanently stiff, unless a prosthetic
joint is implanted. This painful process represents the irreversible development of
osteoarthritis.
So Replacing lost knee or Joint cartilage with tissue grafts may help restore normal
knee or joint function and may delay or even eliminate the need for a knee replacement.
EFFECTIVENESS OF CARTILAGE
TRANSPLANT
- Immediate and lasting pain reduction
- Potentially slow down future cartilage degeneration
- Restoration of resilience
- Improved agility
- Reconstruction of the cartilage layer using new cartilage through a natural
process
- Prevention of or delay in the need for joint replacement
OSTEOARTICULAR TRANSFER SYSTEM
The Osteoarticular Transfer System, commonly known as OATS, replaces damaged cartilage
in the knee with healthy cartilage from another area of the joint, relieving pain and
restoring movement and function to the joint. A mosaicplasty is the name for a general
procedure that treats severe cartilage damage, and the OATS procedure is one type of
mosaicplasty.
Although cartilage is essential to smooth, painless movement of joints, some areas have
a more critical need for the support and cushioning provided by the cartilage. During
the OATS procedure, small plugs of healthy cartilage are removed from areas of the joint
that are not in critical need, and transferred to the area of damaged cartilage.
The OATS procedure is ideal for patients with small areas of cartilage damage that can
be easily repaired with a graft. Widespread cartilage damage cannot usually be treated
with this procedure, since there may be insufficient amounts of healthy cartilage
available.
After the OATS procedure, patients will need to undergo a lengthy physical therapy
program in order to restore the range of motion and relieve pain and swelling on the
joint. Most patients will be on crutches for 6 to 12 weeks after surgery before they can
successfully bear weight on the joint again. Long-term follow-up care will be required
in order to maintain the results of this procedure.
