Knee Osteoarthritis
Comparing PRP to Cortisone for knee osteoarthritis
Ross Hauser, MD, Danielle Matias, PA-C, Demi Foster, APRN PRP treatment takes your blood, like going for a blood test, and re-introduces the concentrated blood platelets from your blood into your knee. Your blood platelets contain growth and healing factors. When concentrated through simple centrifuging, your blood plasma becomes “rich” […]
Prolotherapy knee osteoarthritis injections
Ross Hauser, MD, Danielle Matias, PA-C, Demi Foster, APRN In this article, we will update on new research and discuss prolotherapy knee osteoarthritis injections. The knee is the most common joint treated with prolotherapy at Caring Medical. We use a comprehensive prolotherapy approach that stimulates the natural repair of connective […]
Platelet Rich Plasma for Knee Osteoarthritis: When it works, when it does not work
Ross Hauser, MD; Danielle Matias, PA-C; Demi Foster, APRN Part 1: An introduction to PRP treatments. The science PRP as an anti-inflammatory. Chronic inflammation from structural breakdown caused by knee instability. Platelet-rich plasma can provide key factors balancing proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory factors. PRP as an anti-inflammatory. Chronic inflammation from structural […]
Research and reviews of Hyaluronic injections for Knee Osteoarthritis
Ross Hauser, MD; Danielle Matias, PA-C; Demi Foster, APRN Hyaluronic injections for Knee Osteoarthritis: Good or bad? It should be noted that we see many patients who have tried hyaluronic acid injections. These injections have worked for these people in the short term. These patients are now in our office […]
When stem cell therapy may work and may not work for your knee pain
Ross Hauser, MD Why stem cell therapy did not or will not work for your knee pain If you are reading this article, it is very likely that you are exploring stem cell therapy for your degenerative knee condition, or for the knee problems or surgical recommendations of knee replacement […]
BEFORE you consider Knee Distraction Surgery
Ross Hauser, MD In their quest to get stem cell therapy into the operating theater, doctors are exploring different surgical aspects to see if the surgery and stem cell therapy, used in combination, will accelerate healing and repair cartilage. One such surgical experiment involves “Joint Distraction Surgery.” What is this […]