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Cartilage Cell Therapy: Expectations vs Reality

Do you think that all the physical therapy, painkillers, and ice you are using for knee pain is not seemed to be helping? Did your doctor said that cartilage cell therapy is the only way left to relieve your knee pain? So, what is cartilage cell therapy ? It is a patient-specific regenerative medical treatment that involves naturally regrowing original cartilage. This therapy is used for treating articular cartilage of the knee, ankle and shoulder joints. It also helps to replace the missing areas of cartilage. The expectations Cartilage cell therapy is a new era of medical science and people usually have less knowledge of it. So, the expectations also revolved around their understandings. Here are few myths or expectations that people have: This treatment wont last long and the pain will be back It may not work for knees It is costly and for rich people only Success rate is low The reality Stem cells for cartilage surgery is an effective and the patient can get relief from knee arth

Management of avascular necrosis of femoral head

Avascular necrosis (AVN) or osteonecrosis is a painful, degenerative condition of the hip that interrupts the blood supply to the femur head. The femoral head receives less blood due to vascular interruption. This results in bone dying causing pain, reduced hip movement, and arthritis. People with this condition seek avascular necrosis treatment . Management and avascular necrosis treatment Physiotherapy Physiotherapy helps to prevent further deterioration of the hip. However, physiotherapy alone cannot cure the disease, and usually, patients require surgical treatment. Physiotherapy treatment includes: 1. Weight-bear This involves the implementation of a walking aid of some sort to decrease the weight-bearing load in the head of the femur. 2. Range of motion Physiotherapists help clients to maintain joint mobility via both active and passive exercises. This involves hands-on mobilization techniques in combination with stretching of tight musculature. The hip pain treatment should not