Knee osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease that affects millions of people worldwide. It occurs when the protective cartilage that cushions the ends of your bones wears down over time, leading to pain, swelling, and reduced mobility. As the most common form of arthritis, knee osteoarthritis can significantly impact your quality of life, making everyday activities challenging.
At our Regenerative Treatment Clinic, we specialize in innovative, non-surgical treatments designed to alleviate the symptoms of knee osteoarthritis and improve joint function. Our goal is to help you regain your mobility and live a pain-free life through cutting-edge regenerative therapies.
The symptoms of knee osteoarthritis can vary from person to person, but common signs include:
Recognizing these symptoms early can help you seek appropriate treatment and prevent further joint damage.
Several factors contribute to the development of knee osteoarthritis, including:
The risk increases with age as the cartilage wears down over time
A family history of osteoarthritis can increase your risk
Previous knee injuries or trauma can lead to osteoarthritis.
Excess weight puts additional stress on the knee joints, accelerating cartilage breakdown.
Jobs or activities that put repetitive stress on the knees can contribute to the condition.
Abnormal joint alignment or deformities can lead to uneven cartilage wear.
Understanding the causes can help you take preventive measures and seek timely treatment.
Numerous studies2 evaluating the results of common orthopedic knee surgeries have shown that these procedures generally don’t work unless the patient is younger than 40 years of age. Even then, successful outcomes are not guaranteed. If this is new information to you, you are not alone. A lot of people don’t know that surgery isn’t always the solution. Read on to learn more about our regenerative medicine alternatives to knee replacement surgery for osteoarthritis.
At OrthoReNEW, we invented a new approach to orthopedic care we call Interventional Orthopedics. This minimally invasive procedure alternative to knee surgery uses ultrasound-guided technology to precisely inject your own bone marrow concentrate — which contains concentrated cells — directly where it’s needed in the joint.
The cells in your bone marrow concentrate work at the site of your injury to promote your body’s natural healing abilities and avoid surgery.
During appointments, OrthoReNEW physicians examine your body in motion and often use Ultrasound to observe the inner workings of the joint in real time. This gives them a much more accurate picture of what’s contributing to your pain, how function is affected, and ultimately, the root cause of the problem.
A patented protocol using bone marrow concentrate that contains concentrated cells
A proprietary formulation of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) that’s more concentrated than what a basic bedside centrifuge machine can produce
Platelet lysate, which is a highly specialized derivative of platelet-rich plasma (PRP)
Frequently Questions.
Here are some common question about treatment.
The knee is actually a joint — the largest one in the body. It is where the thigh (femur) and shin bones (tibia and fibula) meet. The ends of our bones are covered in a smooth, slippery material known as cartilage that helps lubricate the knee joint. This allows the bones to move against each other without friction and protects your joint from stress. Your knee also has two rings of fibrous cartilage known as the meniscus. This structure helps provide stability to the joint and distribute weight evenly.
The knee joint experiences a significant load during weight-bearing activities over a person’s life span. All joints go through normal cycles of damage and repair that can involve thinning and damaging of cartilage, bone spurs, and more, but sometimes the body’s repair process results in changes to the shape or structure of the joints. When this happens, the bones of the joint may no longer be properly aligned or lubricated, which, over time, can cause inflammation, pain, swelling, and stiffness known as osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis can be a result of being overweight, normal aging, or an injury to the joint.
Arthritis is a general term that describes joint inflammation. There are two types of arthritis
Yes. When we have looked at our data, patients who had less severe arthritis did no better than patients who had bone-on-bone arthritis. Other data published by other authors also confirm this.8
Both X-rays and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can show degenerative arthritis changes in the joints. However, symptoms of osteoarthritis may arise before the damage can be seen in standard X-rays. So practitioners will often use the more sensitive magnetic resonance imaging, which is superior for detecting early osteoarthritis. Also, MRIs show three-dimensional images, while X-rays do not.
While cartilage is important for maximal functioning, its loss is not what causes pain. The most consistent MRI finding associated with pain is swelling in the bone called bone marrow edema (BME) or a bone marrow lesion (BML). Current research on knee pain due to arthritis has shifted from cartilage loss to this bone marrow swelling.
No, they won’t regrow large stretches of cartilage; however, they will help: