Originally Posted by
wango
Response, volume 2, lol.
My pleasure Kel, always happy to be able to contribute to this forum in a positive way to try to balance my annoying personality, lol.
We spoke last night. He too hasn’t had any direct experience with any patients whose had it - but- to maintain our license we have to take a certain amount of hours annually in continuing Ed. Talk about your irony - it was the last seminar he took.
He too was impressed with the findings with the treatment & he too thinks there’s a lot of potential.
When it comes to insurance though, the overriding factor will be, how much will it cost weighed against how long it will relieve symptoms significantly and how long will it put off the next likely more permanent option (in this usage, a possible knee replacement).
They used to do arthroscopic debridement regularly to “clean” away the more bothersome “jagged” cartilage (not so much now). But, you see this done in professional sports regularly, because it buys the player temporary relief for a season. But the bottom line is, for the average individual; is it financially worth it to the insurance? Because with degenerative arthritis, to this point, unfortunately, it’s irreversible and many times, the permanent joint replacement surgery is more advantageous.
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