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Anti-aging injection regrows knee cartilage and prevents arthritis

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Re: Anti-aging injection regrows knee cartilage and prevents arthritis

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Post by spaceman_2020 »

linsomniac wrote: post #27

I have had fairly serious arthritis in my hips for close to a decade now. Cortizone shots directly into the joint have helped the worst of the flare-ups (limping on my way into the shot, having 0 pain walking out of it, lasting a year). 5+ years ago when I was looking for another injection, my PCP said "Well, time for a hip replacement." Now, for reasons I don't understand I think he was being way premature on that (…

The body is very weird and finds ways to compensate

I had a football injury when I was 13 that badly damaged my knee meniscus (though I didn’t know it at that time). At 16, I had a complete menisectomy - total removal of the lateral meniscus in my right knee

I was told that I would need to get a transplant and/or new knees in 10-15 years. I was also told that I shouldn’t put too much strain on the knee

I’m now 38 and my knee is mostly…fine. I can run, squat a reasonable amount of weight, walk for miles. Only thing I can’t do is fast directional changes (like in football) or bending down on the lateral side of my right knee

My plan is to extend this as long as possible and hopefully in 10 years, they’ll have tech to fix this for good

Re: Anti-aging injection regrows knee cartilage and prevents arthritis

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Post by spaceman_2020 »

monster_truck wrote: post #54
linsomniac wrote: post #27

I have had fairly serious arthritis in my hips for close to a decade now. Cortizone shots directly into the joint have helped the worst of the flare-ups (limping on my way into the shot, having 0 pain walking out of it, lasting a year). 5+ years ago when I was looking for another injection, my PCP said "Well, time for a hip replacement." Now, for reasons I don't understand I think he was being way premature on that (…

I'm constantly telling people to look up physical therapy movements/stretches for whatever they've got going on. Slept wrong? Tweaked your neck? You absolutely do NOT have to suffer with that until it goes away on its own, they can show you how to fix it. If your insurance covers it, go see one! Them being able to actually see and feel what's going on specifically with you makes them markedly better at their jobs.

Can’t find the link now but a very comprehensive analysis of surgery vs physiotherapy for lower back issues found that physiotherapy was as effective as invasive, often dangerous spinal surgery. The only difference was time - surgery with recovery + recovery physio fixed the pain in about 4-6 months, while physiotherapy took 18-24 months

But on the plus side, physiotherapy is “free”, has no real risk, and most people who opted for the physiotherapy path found that they were happier and also fixed a lot of other pains simply because of regular stretching and exercise

Re: Anti-aging injection regrows knee cartilage and prevents arthritis

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Post by fallinghawks »

jMyles wrote: post #12
fallinghawks wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The joint at the base of my thumb started telling me it's 60 years old. I stopped being able to open jars easily last year and would like to get my grip strength back.

> The joint at the base of my thumb started telling me it's 60 years old This is my biggest apprehension. I've become quite a good guitarist, and I know that can't last forever. Getting my accomplishments in while I can.

Ironically, last year i decided to relearn piano after some 40 years. Learned one piece (a pretty good one, fortunately) and a once a day play triggered it. So. It's more like once every 2-3 weeks now, not long enough to forget, but long enough to keep the thumb feeling all right.

Re: Anti-aging injection regrows knee cartilage and prevents arthritis

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Post by IsTom »

kelipso wrote: post #59
IsTom wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't get what's the supposed mechanism of action here. Collagen is a hard to digest protein and it has to get digested to be processed and then it's no longer collagen. Why not just eat any other protein source instead?

Different protein sources have different amino acid compositions and they have different effects on the body.

Still, if you eat enough complete protein sources you'll have all the amino acids you need.

Re: Anti-aging injection regrows knee cartilage and prevents arthritis

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Post by leechy »

Turns out the pain in my knee was a latent infection with staph aureus, forming small nubs under the skin. Debrided the skin, removing the nubs, applied 3% doyiciclin creme and pain is gone. This for a knee with 2 operations before and teo doctors saying I need a replacement. Doctors are mostly unhelpful idiots imho.

Re: Anti-aging injection regrows knee cartilage and prevents arthritis

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Post by firecall »

linsomniac wrote: post #27

I have had fairly serious arthritis in my hips for close to a decade now. Cortizone shots directly into the joint have helped the worst of the flare-ups (limping on my way into the shot, having 0 pain walking out of it, lasting a year). 5+ years ago when I was looking for another injection, my PCP said "Well, time for a hip replacement." Now, for reasons I don't understand I think he was being way premature on that (…

Some anecdotal knowledge I can share on why they used to say wait as long as you can for a hip replacement:

We were told this was because it used to be that they could only do the hip replacement surgery once, and the replacement joint would only last around 20 years max.

So basically it had to be for the expected life span of the patient!

But now this is no longer true. Well, in Australia at least with access to modern replacement parts, surgical techniques and specialists!

I could be muddling it up a bit, so happy to be corrected :-)

Re: Anti-aging injection regrows knee cartilage and prevents arthritis

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Post by kelipso »

IsTom wrote: post #64
kelipso wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Different protein sources have different amino acid compositions and they have different effects on the body.

Still, if you eat enough complete protein sources you'll have all the amino acids you need.

Maybe, maybe not. It would depend on a variety of factors including the activities you do, your age, etc. Maybe athletes need more collagen compared to people who don’t exercise, etc, etc.

Also complete protein sources are definitely not easy to get. Good luck if you have dietary constraints.

Re: Anti-aging injection regrows knee cartilage and prevents arthritis

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Post by deadbabe »

bitwize wrote: post #32
deadbabe wrote: post #7

Cartilage is really the final frontier of health. If it wasn’t for joints going bad, people could stay very active and fit pretty much all their life, with consistent exercise and healthy weight.

I'd say spinal and optic nerve regeneration is more "final" than cartilage.

Well yea but not in terms of the amount of lives that will be improved.

Re: Anti-aging injection regrows knee cartilage and prevents arthritis

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Post by aeonik »

leechy wrote: post #66

Turns out the pain in my knee was a latent infection with staph aureus, forming small nubs under the skin. Debrided the skin, removing the nubs, applied 3% doyiciclin creme and pain is gone. This for a knee with 2 operations before and teo doctors saying I need a replacement. Doctors are mostly unhelpful idiots imho.

Yea, same here, following the studies had helped me fix a 18 year old shoulder tendon issue.

I owe that research group a lot.

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