Joint Injections
ARTHROSAMID® INJECTION
What is Arthrosamid®?
Arthrosamid® offers knee osteoarthritis patients a new treatment option. This non-biodegradable hydrogel, injected into the knee, cushions the joint and reduces pain effectively.
What are the benefits of Arthrosamid®?
Arthrosamid® cushions the joint, alleviating pain, reducing stiffness, and enhancing mobility. Proven safe, it provides long-lasting relief, enhancing your quality of life.
Are Arthrosamid® Injections right for me?
Arthrosamid® injections are often recommended for people with knee osteoarthritis
Do you want a long term knee pain solution ?
Do you want to delay or even prevent getting a knee replacement ?
Hyaluronic acid
Sodium hyaluronate (also known as hyaluronic acid or hyaluronan) is a natural substance. It is present in the body wherever moisture is stored or lubrication between layers of tissue is required to eliminate friction.
Examples are inside the eye ball itself, the tear film, the joint cartilage, the synovial fluid in the joints, all the mucous membranes of the body, but also the basic substance of the skin which consists of up to 55% sodium hyaluronate.
Hyaluronic Acid takes on a variety of functions:
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Storage: it absorbs and stores moisture in enormous quantities
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Lubrication
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Transport medium for nutrients
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Filter for inflammatory molecules
Sodium hyaluronate is an essential component of the synovial fluid.
It enables the fluid to act as a lubricant, a shock absorber and a filter controlling the movement of cells and large molecules within the joint.
Sodium hyaluronate is injected into the space in the joint that contains synovial fluid and works by restoring the normal balance between the breakdown and production of sodium hyaluronate.
This procedure is known as 'viscosupplementation.'
Usually one injection per joint is required, with pain relief often lasting for 3-6 months in 80% of cases.
The injection can safely be repeated if your symptoms return.
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Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP)
PRP therapy (Platelet Rich Plasma therapy), takes advantage of the blood’s natural healing properties to treat damaged cartilage, tendons, ligaments, muscles, or even bone. The main aim of this treatment is to reduce pain, improve joint function and potentially slow, halt or even repair damage to cartilage. It is well used in Medicine and helps patients regain activity by effectively reducing pain and improving mobility. This simple outpatient treatment may help you recover from a painful sports injury or chronic pain caused by osteoarthritis and tendinopathy.
The Procedure
A blood sample is drawn from a vein in the arm as per any regular blood test you might have had before.
Your blood sample is placed in a special machine which spins the blood in a centrifuge to separate, extract and concentrate the elements needed.
These substances are injected back into your painful knee or hip or the affected tendons nearby.
The treatment can be administered in three weekly intervals (3 treatments in total) depending on the concentrations used.
Since the treatment is prepared from the patient’s own blood, the treatment carries a very low risk.
How it works
The healing of injured or inflamed tissue involves a complex and precisely regulated series of natural processes within the body. Thrombocytes (platelets) play an important role in this process. At the site of injury they release growth factors that initiate the restoration of injured tissue and inhibit painful inflammatory processes. PRP therapy is based on our understanding of these complex processes. With its high concentration of growth factors PRP injections are a natural way of supporting the body’s self-healing processes.
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