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gooneymferlife
7/21/2018 11:12am
7/21/2018 11:12am
I know knee injuries are common in moto, and unfortunately I have fallen victim to a second meniscus injury to a knee that already had a previous acl/meniscus tear 3 yrs ago. I avoided surgery the first time around by toughing it out and id like to do it again. I have heard from a few people that there are platelet rich plasma, and stem cell treatments available that produce similar results long term as actual surgery. Anybody out there have any experience with this?
Get the actual surgery but use a donor or your hamstring graft.
DO NOT LET THEM TAKE YOUR PATELLAR TENDON
I had meniscus surgery, PT, Synvisc and have no problems with my left knee. My right knee was too far gone and ended up replaced. There are some studies out that show positive results. The was a study out of The Mayo clinic FSU that the felt that stem cells circulate and can attach to other injured areas and help there. I thinks it's all still to soon to know. I am going to look into it for my "good" knee to see if I can put off replacing it all down the road.
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My Attorney retired there and he said he has 2 Doctors that live in his building that needed surgery. The male a knee rebuilt and his wife had tennis elbow so bad she could no longer play. $3500 later both are active again and pain free.
I was already thinking about it until I saw this video w/ Mel Gibson. Now for sure I am going to try it instead of a knee surgery.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtL1fEEtLaA
The podcast is interesting to say the least, there is a spinal chord injured rider locally who is going down to give it a go...so that will be someone i know firsthand and can see what he says and feels
I did the stem cell treatment just after having microfracture surgery to help re-grow cartilage in my left knee. Unknown if it helped or not, but was super expensive. They used the fat cell method. Mesenchymal might indeed be the way to go, but might not be easy to get.
If all you have is a slightly torn meniscus, the arthroscopic surgery is really quick and easy to recover from. If you're really opposed to surgery, the PRP is an option. Ask the Dr you're talking to if they also do Prolozone injections. It's an injection of various things, in addition to ozone gas, which delivers healing oxygen right to the areas that need it. One of the big reasons ligaments and cartilage don't heal very well or slowly is that they typically have a poor blood supply. Unfortunately they have a great nerve supply so we feel the pain just fine!! The prolozone injections aren't very expensive - at least compared to stem cells. About $100 each, and maybe 7-8 injections. The one time stem cell shot cost me $8K!!!!
There's a chance the PRP/Prolozone combo could help your ACL if it's still an issue - it just depends on how severe the damage is. I have heard good stories about tissue regeneration with th PRP/Prolozone. I'm doing the prolozone now as sort of a preventative measure - get my knee at healthy as possible to minimize the chances of having knee replacement in the future, which really should be a last option. Of course if you have a very badly torn ACL, you're gonna need surgery most likely
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