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Runner’s Knee Treatment

Regenerative medicine specialists have been performing Cellular Regenerative Therapy therapies on the knees of professional athletes for over 20 years.

Whether you call it runner’s knee, patellofemoral pain syndrome (frontal knee pain) or iliotibial band friction syndrome (pain in the side of the knee) – it hurts. And not just for runners.

Runner’s knee can account for up to 40% of the knee complaints in sports medicine clinics where patients are commonly instructed to rest, ice, wrap, elevate, and stretch their knee while taking NSAIDs. In severe cases, surgeons remove damaged cartilage. These aren’t always effective long-term solutions, especially as our knees begin to age.

Regenerative medicine specialists have been performing Cellular Regenerative Therapy therapies on the knees of professional athletes for over 20 years. When live Cellular Regenerative Therapys are injected into damaged knee tissue they may be able to stimulate your cells to repair themselves, and also promote new cell growth, while relieving or reducing your pain.

FAQs

Pain. Lots of it. You know you have runner’s knee when you feel:

  • pain in front of your kneecap, though it could be around or behind it
  • pain when you bend your knee to walk, squat, kneel, run, or even get up from a chair
  • pain that worsens when you walk downstairs or downhill
  • pain with swelling, popping or grinding around your kneecap

There are so many ways to put our knees through the wear and tear required to cause this common debilitating condition. Here are the most common:

  • direct hit: from a fall or blow
  • overuse: high-stress exercises, repetitive lunges and too much running
  • bone malalignment: a kneecap that’s slipped out of position can cause painful pressure
  • foot conditions: hypermobile feet, fallen arches, or overpronation can lead to knee pain
  • weak, unbalanced thigh muscles: weak quadriceps fail to keep the kneecap in place
  • chondromalacia patella: cartilage under your kneecap breaks down

For over 20 years clinical trials have been demonstrating promising results of Cellular Regenerative Therapy injections as an efficacious runner’s knee tissue treatment. After a thorough physical knee exam, and maybe an X-ray, your provider will inject 5 million live-nucleated cells into your injured knee tissue using ultrasound technology as a guide.

These Cellular Regenerative Therapys will migrate to your damaged cells and release growth factors, cytokines & chemokines into your blood. These substances may then:

  • activate T-cells to secrete proteins
  • open your blood vessels and form new ones
  • move cells out of your blood vessels and into the tissues surrounding them
  • stimulate your cells to regenerate your tissue
  • inhibit your inflammation
  • regulate your immune system
  • How quickly or potently this regeneration occurs in your knee depends on your age, genetics, injury severity, general health, follow up care, and other environmental factors.

People heal at different rates. Your recovery time depends on your age, genetics, damage severity, general health, and environmental factors, as well as your dedication to post-treatment care.

Give your cells time to regenerate by taking it easy on your knee. Temporarily switch to a new form of exercise that won’t hurt your joint (e.g., joggers, consider swimming laps for a couple of months instead of jogging).

Your body’s regenerative powers work slowly and steadily – observe your unique pace and respect it. If you return to your usual workouts before your tissues have had a chance to regenerate you could damage your knee permanently. You can return to your usual robust routine after your doctor informs you it’s okay to do so, generally after:

  • your knee is fully bending and straightening without pain
  • you can walk, jog, sprint, or jump pain-free
  • your treated knee is just as strong as your uninjured knee.

In an effort to keep the costs reasonable for everyone, we require patients to pay for their patient responsibility for treatment at the time of the service.  We accept most major insurance plans, major credit cards, debit cards, cash, flex and HSA cards.

We also accept MedLoan Finance. There is much variation in coverage for this treatment despite the fact that insurance companies should be clamoring to have you treated, as it can reduce the risk of many chronic diseases, which are expensive to treat, however some of the testing we do is still considered experimental and thus we do charge a cash price for some of our Hormonal testing. Our staff will be happy to answer your questions regarding these issues.