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Knee injuries don’t mean that it’s “GAME OVER”

Dr. Victor Chan — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:41:16 +0000

Many an athlete has retired prematurely because of bad knees

Your knees take a lot of abuse. So much so that some say the design of the knees are flawed because there is no way that they can stand up to the years of wear-and-tear that they go through.

Knee pain and injuries are a significant part of my practice and I see a wide variety of different patients with knee problems. Some are young and have growing pains such as in Osgood-Schlatter’s disease. Others are older and have various degrees of arthritis and degeneration of the knee joint and may be coming to see what can be done naturally to avoid having knee replacement surgery.

Common conditions I see are related to damage or instability of the connective tissues such as the ligaments or the meniscus. Also, repetitive strain injuries from sports cause the development of bursitis or tendonitis in the knee.

The good news is that prolotherapy can effectively treatment the vast majority of these conditions. Prolotherapy is so effective that after courses of successful treatments and healing, I have had several patients who have been able to cancel their previously scheduled knee surgeries.

So before you give up the sports that you enjoy playing or resign yourself to knee surgery, consider prolotherapy as a viable treatment option.

Human knees were not meant for this

Dr. Victor Chan — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:52:15 +0000

Extreme athletics are hard on joints

The perfect recipe for osteoarthritis is repetitive trauma to your joints. Well, imagine your knees absorbing the impact of 60 moguls and 2 jumps (each with a force of about 2000 pounds of pressure!) in under 24 seconds. Now imagine practicing doing that hundreds of times day after day in the pursuit of becoming an Olympic champion. That’s why it seems to be a forgone conclusion that freestyle moguls skiers like Canadian Olympic gold medalist Alexandre Bilodeau will wind up with premature knee joint damage.

Extreme forces like these cause incredible stress on the ligaments and cartilage in the knees. That’s why the importance of treatments such as prolotherapy for athletes and anyone with joint problems is so great. Visit my website to find out more about how you can stimulate your body to repair your ligaments, eliminate pain, and avoid surgery.

Bone and joint disorders are a major health issue

Dr. Victor Chan — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:38:25 +0000

2000-2010 was declared as the Bone and Joint Decade. Joint diseases account for half of all chronic conditions in persons aged 65 and over. Back pain is the second leading cause of sick leave. Fractures related to Osteoporosis have almost doubled in number in the last decade.

http://www.bjdcanada.org

Prolotherapy is an approach to improve joint health