By Dr. Paul Anderson, M.D. Pain and Sports Medicine
If you suffer with chronic knee pain and the doctor is suggesting a cortisone shot you may want to consider other safe, effective and natural treatment options. There is serious concern that repeat cortisone shots can destroy joint cartilage causing early knee arthritis especially in professional athletes.
Cortisone Shots Can Destroy Your Joints
Cortisone shots are usually a last resort for chronic knee pain in older folks and not repeated more than once every 12 months! Cortisone turns off the cells that maintain healthy joint cartilage.
Studies show it takes up to 12 months before these knee cartilage cells turn on again. In the meantime, your joint cartilage is soft and easily damaged. That's why you don't want to receive more than one cortisone shot a year or you may destroy your knee joint.
Cortisone shots are usually a last resort for chronic knee pain in older folks and not repeated more than once every 12 months! Cortisone turns off the cells that maintain healthy joint cartilage. Studies show it takes up to 12 months before these knee cartilage cells turn on again. In the meantime, your joint cartilage is soft and easily damaged. That's why you don't want to receive more than one cortisone shot a year or you may destroy your knee joint.
If you suffer with chronic knee pain there are much better first line treatment options than joint destroying cortisone shots. The biggest challenge in chronic knee pain is the pain inflammation cycle is extremely difficult to break. Single therapy is not usually strong enough and you need the power of combination therapy to stop your knee pain.
Knee Therapy Options
First-line combination treatment choices for chronic knee pain include:
physical therapy
stretching and flexibility
massage
natural anti-inflammatory supplements like Ultimate Joint Relief instead of drug anti-inflammatory
healing enzymes like Wobenzyme
knee brace
ice with compression 4 to 6 times a day for 15 minutes
instant pain relief spray with Brazilian Menthol
gentle pain relief knee exercises
strengthening weak muscles like quadriceps, hamstrings and VMO
knee rehabilitation
My advice for therapy is to combine several of these knee treatments at the same time to break your pain inflammation cycle before getting agreeing to a cortisone shot. You'll be glad you did! Please always get your knee examined, diagnosed and treated by qualified medical professional.
If you suffer with chronic knee pain and the doctor is suggesting a cortisone or hyaluronic acid knee injection, you may want to consider some other safe, effective and natural treatment options.
There is strong clinical research that repeated cortisone shots actually destroys joint cartilage causing early accelerated knee arthritis - especially in professional athletes.
Cortisone Injections Can Destroy Your Joints
Cortisone shots are usually a last-resort for chronic knee pain in older folks and are not repeated more than once every 12 months! Cortisone turns off the cells that maintain healthy joint cartilage. Studies show that it takes up to 12 months before those knee cartilage cells turn on again. In the meantime, the joint cartilage is soft and easily-damaged. That's why you don't want to receive more than one cortisone shot a year - or else you may destroy your knee joint.
If you suffer with chronic knee pain, there are much better first-line treatment options than joint-destroying cortisone injections.
The biggest challenge in chronic knee pain is the difficulty in breaking the Pain Inflammation Cycle. Single therapies - by themselves - are not usually strong enough. You need the power of Combination Therapy to stop your knee pain.
Hyaluronic Acid Injections for Knee Pain
These knee injections are expensive, not effective for most people and have poor real world results. The much less expensive and better way to take Hyaluronic Acid is in a good natural anti-inflammatory joint formula like Ultimate Relief Rx.
Knee Therapy Options
First-line Combination Treatment Choices for chronic knee pain include:
physical therapy
stretching and flexibility exercises
massage
natural anti-inflammatory supplements like Ultimate Joint Relief (instead of anti-inflammatory drugs)
healing enzymes like Wobenzyme
knee brace
ice with compression, 4 to 6 times a day for 15 minutes
instant pain-relief spray with Brazilian Menthol
gentle pain-relief knee exercises
strengthening weak muscles (quadriceps, hamstrings and VMO)
knee rehabilitation
My advice for therapy?
Before ever agreeing to a cortisone shot or any knee injections, do several of the above knee treatments - at the same time - in order to break your Pain Inflammation Cycle. You'll be glad you did!
Please - always get your knee examined, diagnosed and treated by qualified medical professional.
