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Cortisone injections for hip and knee pain can be riskier than previously believed, study says 12/09/2019

Cortisone injections for hip and knee pain can be riskier than previously believed, study says. Dr. Doug Zimmel, is helping dozens in the area find knee pain relief WITHOUT SURGERY, MEDICATIONS OR INJECTIONS. Visit www.EdisonKneeSolutions.com today to schedule your FREE Consultation!

Cortisone injections for hip and knee pain can be riskier than previously believed, study says Hip and knee intra-articular corticosteroid injections, which are quite commonly given to treat joint pain, may be more harmful than medical professionals previously thought, according to new study from the Boston University School of Medicine.

Many People Who Get Knee Surgery Don't Need It 11/30/2019

Many People Who Get Knee Surgery Don't Need It

Knee surgery is one of—if not the—most common operating room procedures in the US, and shoulder surgery doesn’t lag far behind.

Most patients assume the path to these and other joint surgeries is uncomplicated. Pain or discomfort leads to a doctor’s evaluation and medical imaging. If an MRI turns up sufficient damage or dysfunction, surgery is performed to clean up the mess.

But more and more doctors are questioning the value of this model. Their concerns are fueled in part by new placebo research that compares sham surgeries to real operations—with surprising results.

“In the sham procedure, the surgeon makes an incision and puts in the scope, but doesn’t clean anything up,” says Robert Sallis, a clinical professor at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine and co-director of the Sports Medicine Fellowship at Kaiser Permanente.

“What [these studies] found is that, in many cases, there was no difference between the fake and real procedures.”

Read more by visiting:
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/d35q3x/many-people-who-get-knee-surgery-dont-need-it

Then visit www.EdisonKneeSolutions.com to schedule your complimentary consultation and found out how to find relief WITHOUT SURGERY!

Many People Who Get Knee Surgery Don't Need It Studies show physical therapy sometimes works just as well.

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