Wrinkle Therapy for Knee Pain?!
If you’ve tried NSAIDs , aspirin , acetaminophen , and corticosteroid injections for your osteoarthritis (OA) and your doctor thinks that you are experiencing bone-on-bone pain , you finally have one more no-knife treatment choice before considering joint replacement.
Hyaluronic Acid (HA) more famouse for its use in the treatment of wrinkles , is a natural thickening component of synovial joint fluid. The viscous yellow substance lubricates bones and cartilage in the joint. Some , but not all – people OA of the knee have low concentrations of joint HA , making their synovial fluid thinner and less protective.
Research suggests that injecting synthetic HA into painful joints can thicken the joint fluid and help cushion the bones. However patients who received HA injections reported only about the same degree of pain relief as they got from NSAIDS. And HA has no effects on OA prognosis.
