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thecrow

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18. Check out the Stone Clinic...

Fri Aug 21, 2015, 12:10 AM

Aug 2015

They have been doing amazing things with cartilege and stem cells....basically growing a new one out of your own cells and then they transplant it into your damaged joint. Originally they only worked on athletes, but they apparently have opened the program for patients over 50. (Yay!)
Just google "stone clinic knee surgery" . It's in San Francisco. It's been my dream for awhile. They removed my poor torn up meniscus in 2004.
The thought of a mechanical device replacing my knee seems so over the top to me.

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Some new therapies in the works for aging/injured knees [View all] ellenrr Jun 2015 OP

Such a timely post, ellen. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2015 #1

It's been since March 2014 for me - a torn meniscus... ellenrr Jun 2015 #2

I checked out the guy, found a page containing a super easy exercise dixiegrrrrl Jun 2015 #4

Could you post the link? ellenrr Jun 2015 #5

Don't take this the wrong way dixiegrrrrl Jun 2015 #6

thanks. have you had any back issue?...reason I ask ellenrr Jun 2015 #11

This is hopeful TexasProgresive Jun 2015 #3

Psssssssst. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2015 #7

Thanks, dixiegrrrrl TexasProgresive Jun 2015 #8

There are much easier ones listed dixiegrrrrl Jun 2015 #9

I did some of them already. TexasProgresive Jun 2015 #10

I can't do a bicycle but when I was at P.T., ellenrr Jun 2015 #13

yes, and they work even if you can't do them 10 times ellenrr Jun 2015 #12

Thanks for posting. Sherman A1 Jun 2015 #14

which is why "joint supplements" mopinko Jul 2015 #15

not sure what you mean by 'joint supplements' but ellenrr Jul 2015 #16

msm is a pain killer. mopinko Jul 2015 #17

Check out the Stone Clinic... thecrow Aug 2015 #18