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Know about an Orthopedic Condition like Knee Osteoarthritis
Living with an Orthopedic Condition like Knee Osteoarthritis can be extremely challenging. Ongoing pain, physical limitations, and depression can affect an individual’s ability to engage in social, community, and work-related activities. However, arming yourself with the right knowledge can help you get the best treatment plans.
Is your parent or grandparent experiencing severe pain, stiffness, inflammation, loss of mobility, or any other symptom in their knees? Then you need to head to our Plexus centers in Bangalore and Hyderabad to get an immediate consultation for Knee Osteoarthritis. However, you may be wondering why choose Plexus, since it is widely known to treat neurological conditions. Plexus specializes in Cell Therapy, which is established as a successful form of treatment for degenerative Orthopedic Conditions like Osteoarthritis.
Decoding Knee Osteoarthritis
Do you know that Osteoarthritis is the most common age-related joint disease affecting more than 80% people beyond 55 years of age? What more is that approximately 46% of people develop it during their lifetimes.
Also called wear-and-tear arthritis, degenerative arthritis, and degenerative joint disease, Osteoarthritis occurs when the cartilage (which acts like a shock absorber) breaks down and enables the bones to rub together. The friction leads to knee pain, stiffness, and swelling. Although Osteoarthritis can affect any part of the body such as hands, fingers, shoulders, spine, and hips, knees are the most commonly affected areas of the body.
Symptoms of Knee Osteoarthritis
Knee Osteoarthritis symptoms often develop slowly and worsen over time. Signs and symptoms include:
- Pain
- Stiffness
- Tenderness
- Loss of flexibility
- Grating sensation
- Bone spurs
- Swelling
- Warm feeling in the affected area
- Creaking, crackly sou
Symptoms of Knee Osteoarthritis
Knee Osteoarthritis symptoms often develop slowly and worsen over time. Signs and symptoms of usually include:
Pain
Stiffness
Tenderness
Grating sensation
Bone spurs
Swelling
Warm feeling in the affected area
Loss of flexibility
Creaking, crackly sound
Thermo Therapy
Taping
Injury Avoidance Education
Occupational Conditioning
Scar management
Eliminating the need for corrective surgery
Improve hand functions
Improve performance in daily life activities
Promote return-to-work
Improve performance in classroom activities
Improve fine motor skills
Causes of Knee Osteoarthritis
Knee Osteoarthritis is caused by joint damage that can have a cumulative effect over time. Hence, age is one of the main causes of the joint damage leading to the condition. The older an individual, the more repetitive stress they have put on their joints. Some of the other common causes, include:
Past injury, such as torn cartilage, dislocated joints, or ligament injuries
Joint malformation
Obesity
Poor posture
Treatments for Knee Osteoarthritis
Getting the best treatment for Knee Osteoarthritis can improve the symptoms, manage the pain, and increase the ability to do daily activities. It can also help increase and maintain function at home, work, and community by minimizing complications and promoting functional independence as much as possible. A well-designed Knee Osteoarthritis treatment program includes:
01 Cell Therapy
In recent years, Cell Therapy has shown promising results for treating patients with Knee Osteoarthritis. As a form of regenerative medicine, it utilizes the body’s natural healing mechanism to repair the damaged cells by reducing inflammation and modulating the immune system.
The aim in using cells is to support the self-healing process of the knee joint cartilage, which results in relief from symptoms of the condition. Clinical trials in patients with Knee Osteoarthritis have shown a significant advantage of Cell Therapy over traditional surgical approaches such as autologous chondrocyte transplantation. Since cartilage biopsy is unnecessary, external stress and cellular damage are not applied at the donor-site articular surface. Moreover, direct intra-articular injection of mesenchymal cells has proven as a technically simple way to treat advanced Osteoarthritis of the knee.
02 Physical Therapy
Individuals with Knee Osteoarthritis often face problems in walking, maintaining balance, and other movements. Many patients even complain of severe pain in their knees. Research has shown that exercise is effective in managing Knee Osteoarthritis, by reducing pain and improving function. Thus, performing Physiotherapy under guided supervision of experts, can play a major role in improving joint mobility, improving overall quality of life, and reducing depression. Being a non-invasive treatment, physiotherapists can construct effective exercise programs to assist in your everyday functioning in managing Knee Osteoarthritis.
Our treatment program at Plexus
At Plexus, we provide a curated treatment plan to slow the progression of Knee Osteoarthritis and make it easier for you to manage its symptoms. Under the guided supervision of Dr Na’eem Sadiq, we provide the most advanced Cell Therapy that utilizes the body’s natural healing mechanism to treat the condition.
Being a form of regenerative medicine, this therapy is designed to repair the damaged cells within the body by reducing inflammation and modulating the immune system. Furthermore, it allows the body to heal itself well enough to mitigate the symptoms of the condition for longer periods. This substantially increases the quality of life for patients as well as delay disease progression.
Our team of experts devise a customized rehabilitation program to help improve the knee joint function and reduce the pain, swelling, and stiffness of Knee Osteoarthritis. They frequently assess your improvements, provide alterations to your exercise program, and add suitable progressions to ensure positive changes in the functioning of your knee joint.
With a wide range of physical exercises, we ensure to make it easier for our patients to walk, bend, kneel, squat, and sit, including:
Range of motion exercises
- Maintain and increase knee joint mobility
- Lubricate the joint
Strengthening exercises
- Decrease knee pain
- Support join range of motion
- Improve functions
Flexibility exercises
- Increase range of motion
- Restore normal knee joint function
Stretching Exercises
Postural Reactions Training
What our patients say
Catherine Cutinho (name changed)
“My 55-year-old mother was unable to climb the stairs and sit down to eat due to severe knee pain. When we took an orthopedic opinion, the X-ray showed degeneration of knee joints and the only treatment suggested was calcium tablets, vitamin D sachets, and pain killer medicines. When I came to know about the application of Cell Therapy in Knee Arthritis, I contacted Plexus. Here my mom was assessed thoroughly and treated under Dr. Na’eem and his excellent team. After the treatment, her knee pain completely disappeared and she is able to climb stairs and even sit down without any pain. I am very happy with her progress. Thank you, Plexus.”
Sushmitha V. (name changed)
"Due to severe knee pain I was not able to do a lot of my work which required walking. I was given the option to choose between a knee surgery and cell injections. I went ahead with cells and I would say that, that was the best decision of my life. Thanks to Dr Na'eem, my knee pain magically disappeared and I re-gained all my lost mobility."
FAQs answered
Cell Therapy has proven to be extremely effective in the treatment of chronic knee pain.
Stem cells, through their regenerative capacity, can heal and repair damaged tissues. When injected, these cells regenerate the damaged cartilages and menisci and improve joint functioning.
Based on the patient’s assessment, the number of injections is determined. There is no requirement for admission, the patient comes for the procedure in the morning and is discharged in the evening itself.
No, Cell Therapy is a painless procedure.
Regular exercises, a healthy diet and maintaining an ideal weight are some of the many ways to prevent knee pain and Knee Osteoarthritis.
Yes, Cell Therapy can be used in a variety of orthopedic conditions and it shows great results due to the reparative nature of stem cells.
