Have you been told that you are bone-on-bone and your only option is surgery? That is not 100 percent accurate all the time. We can provide alternative treatment options.
They are 4 stages to knee degeneration. Therefore, a lot of time the doctor just says you are “bone-on-bone” as a generalized term. If you break it down into 4 stages, then you treat the patient according to the stage they are in.
In the medical arena, they usually will give you a cortisone shot; for some people, this may last a long time. For others, they start to wear off and for some, they don’t work at all. The side effects of cortisone can be devastating to your joints and muscles. It has been shown to speed up the arthritic process in the joint. So, if you get several of these shots in a joint you are promoting more arthritis. In a lot of patients, this is the cause of their pain, to begin with. So, essentially, some are simply throwing more gas on the fire. It can also cause loss of muscle mass and it can cause muscle weakness. When you lose your muscle strength or they become weakened, this puts more stress on the joint because the muscle can’t do its job holding the joint in the proper position. This leads to more wear and tear on the joint and more arthritis, and this can be a vicious cycle.
At Integrated Medicine of Ohio, we believe this is not the healthiest of approaches. We offer a host of treatments for knee, elbow, shoulder, and hip pain. Depending on your condition we may recommend gel injections into the knees. Some, of you, may have already tried this. For knee and other joints, we have several different therapies to help decrease your pain. These include acupuncture, Sanexas Machine (a cutting-edge electrical signaling machine), Interferential Current, Photobiomodulation therapy, Ultrasound therapy, PRP, and Regenerative Medicine. Based on your case history and examination we will determine what therapies are right for you. It is important that you get evaluated as soon as possible. If you wait too long, we might not be able to help you. We only accept patients we feel we can help.
