Some useful knee facts
Useful information to help your knees:
- Biphosphonate supplementation can extend knee implant lifespan twofold
- Effective non surgical approaches your Rheumatologist may recommend for knee degeneration:
- Valgus knee brace
- Motion control shoes
- Neutral foot orthotic
- Weight loss
All the following demonstrably reduce pain by 20%:
1) Recent systematic reviews of the studies on knee arthroscopy for osteoarthritis show little evidence for any benefits
2) Many studies demonstrate acupuncture can be effective with reduction of pain and swelling
3) Osteopathy has been demonstrated to be effective at pain and swelling reduction , improving mobility , slowing down the rate and severity of symptomatic recurrence