Knee Injuries
Knee injuries are some of the most common injuries because they are highly mobile, load-bearing joints. Ensuring the proper function and good health of your knees is extremely important. If you neglect them at an early age, as you begin to age, you will lose your mobility much sooner and could potentially be disabled at a younger age due to cellular senescence.
This study conducted by the National Institute of Health estimates that roughly only 20% of all soft tissue knee injuries are ever actually managed and treated by professionals. This could directly correlate to the sharp rise in cases of knee osteoarthritis. Choosing not to properly treat a knee injury can cause poor joint health to manifest itself and the damage can get much worse. The professionals at Stem Cellutions have years of experience in administering Platelet-rich plasma therapy (PRP) and stem cell injections for knee injuries.
Common Causes of Knee Injuries
All of the joints in the body are subject to many forms of injury, both acute and chronic. The knees are especially susceptible as they are load-bearing joints that are constantly strained. The rise in body mass index (BMI) of the general population is believed to be the greatest contributor to a knee injury and chronic degeneration of knee joints. Other possible knee injuries are as follows:
- ACL / MCL sprain or tear
- Meniscus tear
- Arthritis, rheumatoid, or osteoarthritis
- Tendonitis, such as hamstring tendinopathy
- Patellofemoral syndrome
- Chondromalacia aka ‘runner’s knee’
- Baker’s cyst, a fluid-filled bubble forms in your knee joint
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Knee Injury Symptoms
The prominent symptom of most knee injuries is pain, which can be mild to severe. Other symptoms that accompany the pain include:
- Bruising
- Swelling
- Stiffness
- Loss of flexibility
- Instability of the joint
The combination of these symptoms can cause a significant decrease in quality of life. You will likely not be able to perform daily tasks that involve walking or carrying additional weight. If you keep stationary for a period of time, your stiffness will likely be temporarily worse and more painful.
Knee Injury Treatment Options
When treating a knee injury, it is important to give it sufficient time to completely heal before engaging in strenuous or rigorous activity. Failing to do so could undo your progress or potentially make the knee injury even worse. Physical therapy is useful only in certain cases and is more of a rehabilitative measure than a treatment. At Stem Cellutions, we want to help our clients avoid surgery whenever possible. Regenerative medicine like stem cell therapy and platelet-rich plasma therapy has shown very promising results when administered to knee injury patients. They have shown to provide greater results than corticosteroid injections and are safer, cheaper, and require less downtime than reconstructive surgery.
Stem cells can be extracted from adipose (fat) or bone marrow and are packed with unprogrammed cells that, once introduced to an injury site, stimulate the process of cellular regeneration.
PRP uses an extract from your blood that has been separated and condensed into a concentrated dose of plasma. Packed with the building blocks for cellular growth, it provides an injury site with everything it needs to replace damaged tissue.
Contact us to Learn About Regenerative Medicine for Knee Injuries
The professionals at Stem Cellutions have years of experience in diagnosing and treating joint injuries of every kind. We utilize cutting-edge techniques to pinpoint the source of your pain and provide treatment that stimulates the regeneration of cellular tissues to improve your joint health and help eliminate your pain! If you would like to learn more about our stem cell and PRP therapy, call or book an appointment online today!