The Knee Surgery Game May Hurt You, Lead to Chronic Knee Pain and Cause Early Arthritis!

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The Knee Surgery Game May Hurt You, Lead to Chronic Knee Pain and Cause Early Arthritis!


Natural Knee Pain Treatments that Help You Avoid Unnecessary Knee Surgery!


By Dr. Paul Anderson, M.D.
Sports Medicine Expert

You've suffered a knee injury or suffer with chronic knee pain - and now, you've been told that your only knee treatment option is total knee replacement or knee surgery. Do you really need surgery? What are your other non-surgical knee treatment options? Don't play the knee surgery game if you don't have too!

Find your diagnosis below and see if knee surgery is really necessary in your specific case. Check for other possible more conservative natural treatment options. Please always have your knee examined, diagnosed and treated by a qualified medical professional. An important piece of advice - be sure to consult with a sports medicine doctor who does NOT do surgery.

Acute Medial Collateral Ligament Sprain or Tear - Try and avoid surgery by taking ice treatments, natural anti-inflammatories, physical therapy and rehabilitation. Use a knee brace for grades 1 and 2 tears. If you have a complete grade 3 tear, then surgical repair is the best option. 

Chronic Medial Collateral Ligament Sprain or Tear - Try and avoid surgery by taking ice treatments, natural anti-inflammatories, physical therapy and rehabilitation. Use a knee brace for all grades of tears. Surgery is not usually recommended unless there is an accompanying ACL or PCL tear with instability.

Acute Lateral Collateral Ligament Sprain or Tear - Try and avoid surgery by taking ice treatments with compression, natural anti-inflammatories, physical therapy and rehabilitation. Use a knee brace for grades 1 and 2 tears. If you have a complete grade 3 tear, then surgical repair is the best option. 

Chronic Lateral Collateral Ligament Sprain or Tear - Take ice treatments with compression, natural anti-inflammatories, physical therapy and rehabilitation,. Use a knee brace for all grades of tears. Surgery is not usually recommended unless there is an accompanying ACL or PCL tear with instability.

Acute or Chronic Medial Meniscus Cartilage Tear - Try and avoid an arthroscopy surgery ( also called keyhole knee surgery) with natural anti-inflammatories or enzymes, ice with compression, physical therapy and rehabilitation. Your knee pain may take take 4 - 8 weeks to improve. If your knee pain doesn't improve; if your knee is locked; or, if it continues to lock off-and-on, then arthroscopic surgery is recommended. Knee surgery recovery is usually fast - anywhere from 1 to 4 weeks - with proper physical therapy and rehabilitation with strengthening.

Acute or Chronic Lateral Meniscus Tear - Try and avoid surgery with natural anti-inflammatories or enzymes, ice with compression, physical therapy, make take 4 - 8 weeks to improve. If doesn't improve, you may need arthroscopic surgery. If your knee is locked or it continues to lock off-and-on, then surgery is recommended.

Knee Bone Fracture - a cast or walking brace for leg bone (tibia), thigh bone (femur), patellar fracture or fibular head fracture ... followed by aggressive physical therapy and rehabilitation. Some fractures do require knee surgery to correct alignment.

Knee Osteoarthritis or Common Knee Arthritis - Try and avoid surgery by taking ice with compression, *natural anti-inflammatories - not drugs, enzymes, knee brace, patellar taping (McConnell), knee exercises for joint synovial fluid movement, physical therapy, knee exercises to strengthen weak muscles, foot inserts (orthotics), proper shoes, knee pads, avoiding the seven evil inflammatory foods, strength weight training, cardiovascular fitness training, an anti-inflammatory diet, fish oil and Vitamin D3 supplementation to get back to normal levels. If these conservative knee treatments fail, then surgical options include a high tibial Osteotomy for unicompartmental arthritis, or, a total  knee replacement

Pre-arthritis, Patella Femoral Syndrome (PFS), Chondromalacia, Runners Knee - Try ice and compression, natural anti-inflammatories not drugs, enzymes, knee brace, patellar taping (McConnell), knee exercises for joint synovial fluid movement, physical therapy, rehabilitation knee exercises to strengthen weak muscles, foot inserts (orthotics), proper shoes, knee pads, avoiding the seven evil inflammatory foods, strength weight training, cardiovascular fitness training, an anti-inflammatory diet, fish oil and Vitamin D3 supplementation to get back to normal levels. Last Resort Options: hyaluronic acid or cortisone injections. There is no surgery recommended for this knee problem.

Knee Cap Dislocation (patella) - Try to avoid surgery by using a knee brace, McConnell taping (which is much more effective than the straight leg bracing that is traditionally offered). If there is habitual or chronic knee cap subluxing, surgery is indicated. Ideally, surgery should not be the first option.

Acute or Chronic Iliotibial Band Syndrome - ice and compression, natural anti-inflammatories - not drugs, enzymes, stretching, physical therapy, foot inserts (orthotics), proper shoes, knee pads and strength weight training. Avoid the seven evil inflammatory foods. Surgery not recommended.

Bursitis - Your knee may need draining. Take ice treatments with compression and natural anti-inflammatories like enzymes. Surgery is rarely needed.

Baker's Cyst - Your knee may need draining. Do ice treatments with compression. Take natural anti-inflammatories like enzymes. Surgery is rarely needed. 

Popliteus Muscle Tear - symptomatic treatment only. Try ice and compression, natural anti-inflammatories, enzymes, physical therapy and rehabilitation.

Plantaris Tear with Rupture - symptomatic treatment, ice and compression, natural anti-inflammatories, enzymes, physical therapy and rehabilitation.

Anterior Cruciate Ligaments (ACL) Tear - surgical repair is usually the best option. If surgery is not an option, then an ACL knee brace, ice and compression, natural anti-inflammatories, enzymes, physical therapy, rehabilitation and knee exercises to strengthen weak muscles.

Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Tear - surgical repair is usually the best option. If surgery is not an option then an PCL knee brace, ice and compression, natural anti-inflammatories, enzymes, physical therapy, rehabilitation and knee exercises to strengthen weak muscles.

Warning! - Do not get Micro-Fracture Surgery. The clinical results have been poor. The author had one and would not recommend it. Avoid cortisone shots because cortisone is a steroid that softens and weakens cartilage rapidly accelerating knee arthritis.

Hopefully, this will help you avoid the knee surgery game and find the best non-surgical solution for your knee pain.
 
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