Dr. Waqas Al-Ra'i, MD Consultant Pain Management Expert in Regenerative Medicine This is a more typical email than you think. “I am 65 years old, I am still working and walk around 30 min a day but I have a lot of pain in my both knee. My orthopedic says I have advanced osteoarthritis, and I will need a knee replacement. My doctor told me there was nothing else to offer me except pain medications and pain management until I can no longer tolerate the pain or I become a fall risk. I can also wear a functional knee brace to help keep me stable. I do not know if there are alternatives for me, can you help?” Why would the doctor say there was nothing else but knee replacement? Because according to that particular doctor, there is nothing else. Treatments that are useless for the elderly patient with degenerative knee disease. We know, 65-year-olds do not like to be spoken of as elderly, in the medical literature they are. Now, why would the doctor say there were no altern...
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