Knee pain is the most prevalent condition of individuals across the globe, usually having a negative impact on one's movement and function, but eventually quality of life. Conventional treatment, although effective, is usually medication or surgery, both dangerous and require long-term rehab.
Regenerative Procedures are risk-free, non-surgical knee pain treatment with the body's own capacity to heal and treat knee pain successfully.
What is Regenerative Procedures for Knee?
Knee regeneration procedures applies biological agents to trigger the own repair mechanism of the body to rejuvenate tissue repair with less inflammation. It is an entirely non-surgical, minimally invasive treatment that attempts to stimulate the body, self-repair mechanism to restore the joints without surgery.
Key Features:
- Definition: Applies biological agents such as growth factors and stem cells to restore damaged tissue.
- Minimally invasive and non-invasive: Applies injections rather than invasive intervention.
- Self-healing emphasis: Leverages the ability of the body for intrinsic healing and tissue re-growth.
When Is Regenerative Therapy Conducted on the Knee?
Regenerative medicine for knee arthritis works by stimulating the body’s natural healing response to relieve pain and heal damaged tissues. This treatment is indicated for various degenerative knee conditions such as:
- Osteoarthritis: Arthritis that leads to degeneration and wear and tear of cartilage.
- Meniscus injury: Cartilage tearing to the covering of the knee joint.
- ACL injuries: ACL Tears to the front cruciate ligament.
- Cartilage degeneration: Cartilage surface degeneration over knee joint.
- Wear and tear or chronic inflammation: Chronic inflammation of the joint over long term leading to stiffness and pain.
Types of Regenerative Therapies for Knee Pain
Super Concentrated Platelets – SCP Treatment
SCP Treatment for knee pain is a procedure in which the patient's blood sample is taken, platelets are enriched by processing the blood, and injected into the injured area in the knee. Platelets have a high concentration of growth factors that can help avoid pain and inflammation and lead to cartilage and soft tissue healing.
Stem Cell Treatment (Mesenchymal Stem Cells – MSC Treatment)
Stem cell therapy for knee joint is a process of using mesenchymal stem cells, which can grow into any form of tissue, to rebuild cartilage and other damaged tissues in the knee. Stem cells are usually taken from the patient's bone marrow or fat tissues and implanted into the knee joint to restore and cease pain.
SCP vs Stem Cell Therapy: Which Is Best
Both SCP and stem cell therapy each with its own benefits and depends from patient to patient degeneration.
Both of them combined may be the best option at times, curing more than one degenerative process in the knee simultaneously.
How Is the Procedure Done?
The procedure for regenerative therapy is generally done as follows:
- Evaluation & Diagnosis: Thorough check-up to find out whether or not the patient's condition can be treated with regenerative therapy.
- Blood or Stem Cell Harvesting: Blood or stem cell harvesting from patient's blood, bone marrow.
- Concentration & Preparation: Preparing the harvested tissue to concentrate the platelets or the regenerative cells.
- Ultrasound-Guided Injection: Delivering the substance to the knee joint using state-of-the-art imaging.
- Least Downtime with Instant Recovery: The patients experience no or minimal pain and are prepared for full activity in just a few minutes after the treatment.
Care and Recovery following the Procedure
The patients, following regenerative therapy, are instructed to:
- Rest and do not overexert for 24-48 hours: To allow healing and settling of injected material.
- Gradual physiotherapy: Perform physical therapy to rehabilitate the knee and restore movement.
- Avoid anti-inflammatory medications for some time: Decreases body's natural inflammatory responses to permit healing.
- Follow-up for ongoing progress: Follow up occasionally to monitor the progress and modify the treatment plan accordingly.
Benefits of Knee Regeneration Therapy
There are several benefits of knee regeneration therapy:
- Natural healing: Stimulates the body's own natural healing process.
- Low downtime, non-surgical: Sparing risks and recovery time associated with surgery.
- Long-term pain relief: Fixes the source of knee pain for long-term pain relief.
- Improved function and mobility: Makes joints move and work more effectively.
- Safe and effective: Harvests the body's own natural biological tissue, minimizing risk for reaction.
Why OrthoRenew?
OrthoRenew is a top regenerative orthopedic treatment with:
- Master regenerative orthopedic therapists: World-class clinicians skilled in knee wellness.
- State-of-the-art PRP (SCP) and stem cell (MSC) technology: Utilizing the most advanced methods for best results.
- Personalized treatment plans: Tailored treatments to each patient's unique condition.
- Documented success rate for treating knee pain: High success rate with high patient satisfaction.
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