90% Better and Still Improving after Stem Cell Therapy and PRP
73 year old with severe, bilateral bone-on-bone knee arthritis. Progressively worsening pain for the last 10 years. Pain worse with walking, standing, stairs and at night. She has been using a cane for walking for the last 5 years. Previous cortisone injections provided brief relief.
Her X-rays showed severe bilateral arthritis with bone on bone appearance in both knees. MRI imaging of the left knee revealed some areas of swelling and inflammation inside the bone of the femur and tibia indicating arthritis changes in the bone itself. As arthritis progresses and you lose more and more cartilage shock absorber, the bones become under increased stress and can suffer. Eventually, with continued weight bearing stress to the joint, degenerative arthritic changes occur within the bone itself and can cause notable pain. To treat these bone lesions, it is not enough to simply inject into the joint; you must inject into the bone as well.
After discussing treatment options, she decided to proceed with regenerative stem cell treatment to both knees to treat the arthritis cartilage loss followed by PRP (platelet rich plasma) injection into the left knee femur and tibia to treat the bone arthritis lesions. Yes, bone injections hurt; your are asleep for this part of the treatment.
Three months after treatment, she is 90% better and still improving. Her daily step count has increased from 200 steps a day to over 2000. And, for the first time in 5 years, she is now walking without the need for a cane!
Come see what Regenerative Orthopedics can do for you!
SteveMeyersMD.com
Texas Health Care Bone & Joint Clinic
1651 W Rosedale #200
Ft Worth, TX. 76104
817.335.4316
Assistant Professor – TCU School of MedicinePosted by Steve Meyers, MD – Sports & Regenerative Orthopedics on Tuesday, April 11, 2023
73 year old with severe, bilateral bone-on-bone knee arthritis. Progressively worsening pain for the last 10 years. Pain worse with walking, standing, stairs and at night. She has been using a cane for walking for the last 5 years. Previous cortisone injections provided brief relief.
Her X-rays showed severe bilateral arthritis with bone on bone appearance in both knees. MRI imaging of the left knee revealed some areas of swelling and inflammation inside the bone of the femur and tibia indicating arthritis changes in the bone itself. As arthritis progresses and you lose more and more cartilage shock absorber, the bones become under increased stress and can suffer. Eventually, with continued weight bearing stress to the joint, degenerative arthritic changes occur within the bone itself and can cause notable pain. To treat these bone lesions, it is not enough to simply inject into the joint; you must inject into the bone as well.
After discussing treatment options, she decided to proceed with regenerative stem cell treatment to both knees to treat the arthritis cartilage loss followed by PRP (platelet rich plasma) injection into the left knee femur and tibia to treat the bone arthritis lesions. Yes, bone injections hurt; your are asleep for this part of the treatment.
Three months after treatment, she is 90% better and still improving. Her daily step count has increased from 200 steps a day to over 2000. And, for the first time in 5 years, she is now walking without the need for a cane!
Come see what Regenerative Orthopedics can do for you!
SteveMeyersMD.com
Texas Health Care Bone & Joint Clinic
1651 W Rosedale #200
Ft Worth, TX. 76104
817.335.4316
Assistant Professor – TCU School of Medicine
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