Besides medications, a person may also apply ice to the affected area. This helps reduce swelling and treat cartilage pain. Resting the affected area and keeping it elevated may prove helpful as well. For example, if a person has torn cartilage in his knee, he may rest with it elevated ab...
has typically depends on how damaged the meniscus is and how active he is on a daily basis. If a person is young and fairly active, for example, a surgeon may replace his meniscus with donor cartilage. In other cases, surgeons may simply sew the torn pieces of cartilage back together ...
A mildly torn meniscus is generally treated by resting, icing, compressing, and elevating the area, but a more severely torn...
Over 2-3 years I went to see three different orthopedic doctors and learned that knee pain is very often caused by meniscus tears and/orosteoarthritis, both of which are the result of “wear and tear” in the knee joint. Osteoarthritis is the wearing away of the cartilage on the ends of...
concern. Note that a sprained ankle in a dog is not the same as a sprained knee or CCL (cranial cruciate ligament) injury. The CCL in dogs is often referred to as an ACL injury, but an ACL is the knee ligament in humans. A torn CCL is a common type of soft tissue injury in ...
No matter where a pulled muscle is in the body, the steps to treat it are generally the same. However, it’s important to talk to a medical professional before treating an injury because symptoms of other injuries—like problems with the cartilage discs between vertebrae or a broken bone—...
Walk your dog for a short distance several times a day: Exercise is good to treat many behavioral problems, and in this instance will also keep your dog physically healthier. Besides keeping off his excess weight, the muscles that hold his knee in place will be healthier. Improved diet: A...
To do the squatting adductor stretch: Squat to the ground with one leg in front of your body. Allow your opposite leg to extend behind you. Stretch your legs apart by gently pushing over your front knee. Hold for 10 to 20 seconds, gradually increasing the time as your flexibility bui...
Response from the owner:Thanks Justin. Happy to report another win a trial. Client injured his knee at work. He underwent a meniscus surgery. The doctor also "cleaned up" other degenerative changes in the knee. This is called a chondroplasty. After the surgery, client's knee go worse. Th...
(as of 2007, only partial face transplants have been performed). Depending on the extent of the damage to the recipient's face, the surgeons will take not only the skin but also the underlyingfat,muscle, cartilage,nerves, arteries and veins. Some patients (like Li Guoxing in China) will...