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Will Medica Stem Cell Therapy in Ireland Works After Diagnosing Knee Pain?

  You get knee pain in the knee joint due to a medical condition or an injury. People of all ages can get knee pain. Multiple reasons can cause knee pain.  Usually, injury to the knee parts like bones, ligaments, cartilages, and ligaments can cause knee pain. The other reasons causing knee pain are arthritis, mechanical problems, obesity, lack of knee strength and suppleness, past knee injuries, and sudden trauma while playing sports like skiing, running, and basketball. It is possible to detect the cause of the knee pain only with the help of diagnosing the knee area. The diagnosis usually includes an MRI or X-ray scan. Hence, only after completing the diagnosis, your physician can advise you with the appropriate treatment method. How to diagnose knee pain? Physical examination : The physician must examine your body to diagnose knee pain. The physician is likely to check Your knee for swelling, tenderness, warmth, pain, and bruises By pulling or pushing the joint to evaluat...

Soft Tissue Injury - Medica Stem Cells

  Soft Tissue Injury Tendon and ligament injuries often present a challenge to treating physicians. Poor vascularisation plays a role in poor treatment response and long rehabilitation. Inflammation of the tendon can occur in any tendon and is given specific names when affecting certain joints that you may have heard of, Swimmer’s shoulder Pitcher’s shoulder Golfer’s elbow Tennis elbow Jumper’s knee Symptoms are dull aching pain that increases with moving the joint or limb, tenderness to touch, redness and swelling. Conservative treatment is rest and anti-inflammatory medications and in the end it may or may not offer relief. Lately regenerative medicine has opened new doors and offered new lines of treatment other than the conventional pain killers and anti-inflammatories. At the other end of the spectrum surgery may be needed in cases with complete rupture of tendon. A blood sample is taken & processed in our clinic all in less than an hour, then injected into the painful are...

Start running again with Regenerative Treatment for Runner’s knee

  The Knee joint is one of the most important and strongest joints of the locomotor system of the human body. The pressure experienced by the knee joint is approximately three times the body’s weight when walking and about five times the body’s weight when running. In short, a person who weighs 80 kg puts about 400kg of pressure on the knee when landing each running stride. The immense pressure experienced by the knee, especially in runners, makes the knee more prone to injury. Iliotibial or IT band syndrome, also called runner’s knee, is a common knee injury, especially in runners. It is the second most common knee injury in runners after the jumper’s knee.  What is Iliotibial or IT band syndrome or runner’s knee? The Iliotibial band, or IT band, is longitudinal fibrous support of the Fascia Lata. It is originating from the upper outer part of the hip and runs along the outside and lastly attaches to the top of the shinbone (tibia). When the knee bends, the IT band ...

Is Medica Pain Management Treatment the Best Affordable Treatment in UK?

  In recent times, people are constantly looking out for a natural therapy to cure a disease permanently. Hence, regenerative therapy has become very famous. However, people are of the idea that regenerative treatment is costly. As this field is more specialized, there is a considerable demand for this treatment. How expensive is the regenerative treatment? There are many types of regenerative therapies like PRP therapy, stem cell therapy , and prolotherapy. Regenerative therapy is a personalized treatment. Hence, the cost of every therapy varies from patient to patient. Usually, in this treatment, the cost of post-procedure care is also included. This post-procedure care varies depending on these critical factors: The form of injury or disease The central part that needs treatment Whether it is combinational or single therapy The type of regenerative therapy Number of the treatment required The success ratio of the clinic The expertise of the doctor Extra costs including admin req...

Regenerative therapy for osteoarthritis

  What is Osteoarthritis? Five million people in the UK are said to live with Osteoarthritis, also known as degenerative arthritis or degenerative joint disease. Osteoarthritis is a group of mechanical abnormalities involving degradation of joints, including damage to the tissue between bones known as articular cartilage and subchondral bone. What are the Osteoarthritis symptoms? Symptoms may include joint pain, tenderness, stiffness, locking, and sometimes an effusion. When bone surfaces become less well protected by cartilage, bone may be exposed and damaged. As a result of decreased movement secondary to pain, regional muscles may atrophy, and ligaments may become more lax. While Osteoarthritis is very common in middle-aged and older people, up to two thirds of people suffering from osteoarthritis are of working age. And its symptoms can range from very mild to very severe. The disorder most often affects hands and weight-bearing joints such as knees, hips, feet and shoulders, b...

An Alternative to Hip Surgery - Medica Stem Cells

  Is steroid hip injections really the only option for hip pain treatment? Or are you due a hip replacement and you are looking for a hip replacement alternatives? Medica Stem Cells offer minimally invasive, non-surgical, safe alternatives for hip replacement and hip pain treatment to get your life back on track without surgery! Life becomes difficult, when you’re suffering from hip pain or injury due to arthritis in the hip, osteoarthritis, bursitis of the hip, traumatic ligament injuries, overuse conditions and other degenerative conditions of the hip. Even simple day to day activities take so much effort to do and sometimes pain can be unbearable. The conventional line of treatment for people suffering from these issues often include steroid hip injections, hip surgery, hip replacement surgery and hip resurfacing to help stop the hip pain. Hip surgery can be traumatic and is associated with high risks, like the increased risk of heart attack or hip replacement loosening, in whic...

COVID-19: What you should know to protect your loved ones and yourself?

  COVID-19: What you should know to protect your loved ones and yourself? COVID-19 or novel Coronavirus is a new mutated strain of coronavirus. Initially, animals were the host to coronavirus, but the new strain “the novel coronavirus” has been thought to have jumped host from animals to humans. The first recorded case of novel coronavirus was in Wuhan, China. The COVID-19 virus is an advanced strain of virus belonging to the same family of viruses as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) or some types of the common cold. What are the symptoms associated with COVID-19? The novel coronavirus usually causes respiratory distress, causing the following symptoms: fever, cough, and shortness of breath. In severe cases, an infection can lead to pneumonia or other breathing difficulties. Rarely, the disease can be lethal. The symptoms of novel corona infection are very similar to flu (influenza) in mild cases.  Testing is available to confirm if COVID-19 has infected someone. How t...