Steroid anti-inflammatories are powerful drugs at suppressing swelling. They are very commonly injected into joints that have arthritis and they generally work for a few weeks to months to relieve pain. However, is this a good idea? Many recent studies would argue...
Most patients believe that arthroscopic knee surgery is some sort of “fix” for their knee. However, increasingly, the research isn’t bearing out that this is the case. A new research study shows again that you should really be considering knee arthroscopy...
How do knee arthritis natural treatments stack up? Can you protect the knee cartilage you have? Supplements like glocosamine and chondroitin have shown in some studies that they can help protect cartilage. Exercise has also shown some protective effects. How about...
Are there supplements to save cartilage? I went to the American Academy of Orthopedic surgeons web-site the other day and looked up glucosamine. Knowing the research on both glucosamine and chondroitin and arthritis well, I was dumbfounded when I saw that the site...
Are there serious problems with knee replacement? The past 5 years, the concept of nasty wear particles in knee and hip replacement devices has come to the forefront. The worse offenders seem to be metal on metal devices, the ones commonly used for “minimally...
Can an injection of stem cells act as a hip AVN (AVascular Necrosis) surgery alternative? PL is a young man in his twenties who was diagnosed with hip AVN. Like many diagnosed with this disease, he had no risk factors and it’s likely that we’ll never know how he got...
