Category Archives: osteoarthritis

Glucosamine flunks yet another test, this time for knee pain

By Paul Ingraham | Published: July 27, 2010
Is there an echo in here? Didn’t I have another item about this just recently? I did indeed: on July 8 I shared news that glucosamine made no difference for back pain patients, and here we are again with yet another F-grade for glucosamine, this time for knee pain (which is the problem that most [...]
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Platelet-rich plasma injection “no more effective than saltwater”

By Paul Ingraham | Published: January 14, 2010
Well, this was probably inevitable. Last summer a reader asked me what I think of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections — the injection of a concentrated preparation of your own blood into irritated tissue, usually a tendinitis or similar condition like iliotibial band syndrome or plantar fasciitis — to stimulate healing. I replied quite optimistically at the [...]
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Ultrasound probably does not help most knee pain and arthritis

By Paul Ingraham | Published: December 4, 2009
As promised in the last post, only an hour ago, here’s some more ultrasound information. This time I’m zooming in on one of SaveYourself.ca’s most important topics: knee pain, especially patellofemoral (kneecap) pain. Does ultrasound help knee pain? No, it probably does not. As described in detail in my last post, ultrasound is generally understudied, for [...]
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