Doctors Are Still Prescribing Useless Arthroscopic Knee Surgeries and Gel Injections for Arthritic Knees

Why is it that arthroscopic knee surgery and gel injections are recommended by surgeons even though there is overwhelming proof that these procedures DON’T WORK?

It is common knowledge in the medical field that arthroscopic knee surgery for arthritic knees is a useless procedure that clean outs and removes the cartilage/meniscus in the knee joint. The surgery actually contributes and exacerbates the very condition it’s supposed to treat….ARTHRITIS.

I believe that if patients diagnosed with arthritic knees fully understood the consequences of arthroscopic knee surgery they would not consent to undergo this procedure. Instead they would demand safer alternatives- that made sense.

Injections are also another option orthopedic surgeons offer patients suffering from arthritis knee pain.  But the results from SYNVISC and other gel injections are questionable and the results are not much better than arthroscopic knee surgery.   (Lately, the injections are losing popularity because patients are discovering that they are useless, and multiple studies have long proven them to be ineffective.  Just ask patients who’ve undergone a series of them.)

Why is it that  cold laser therapy which has been around for over 30 years, used all over the world, has thousands of double blind research studies proving its effectiveness, and does not have any side effects is hardly ever offered by an orthopedic surgeon as an option to arthritic knee pain?

Just follow the money…

There are surgeons that don’t refer patients out for cold laser therapy because they never come back to them for surgery.

It’s a shame.

My belief is doctors should work as a team to provide patients the VERY best care.  I am not against knee surgery.  I am against needless knee surgery. There are times a patient has no other choice, but to undergo knee surgery. If a patient needs surgery and understands the consequences of knee surgery they should have it done.  However, if a patient does not want or need knee surgery then ALL of their options should be reviewed including cold laser therapy.

Often patients have the perception that if their doctor doesn’t offer cold laser therapy or doesn’t know about it then it must be ‘quackery’.  Cold laser therapy is based on decades of proven science and is not ‘quackery’.  The results of cold laser treatments are far more impressive then injections or arthroscopic knee surgery.  Honestly, as a patient you should be more skeptical about arthroscopic surgery then cold laser therapy.  Just read the studies.  Furthermore, there are thousands of published, double blind research studies proving cold laser therapy’s effectiveness.

For years I’ve had patients come to see me for arthritic knee pain and I have not had one person tell me that the arthroscopic knee surgery or the rooster comb injections provided any significant pain relief. Yet everyday in my practice I have patients with arthritic knees undergo our Cold Laser Knee Program and get considerable pain relief. Most notice enough knee pain relief and an increase in strength in their knee joint that they are able to avoid knee replacement surgery.

Don’t believe me just read the hundreds of testimonials on my website from happy patients that have been able to avoid knee surgery.

At the DFW Spine & Joint Center we incorporate multiple painless modalities to get you out of pain.  Our office is unique because we utilize several different FDA cleared cold lasers that actually heal, repair and stimulate damaged tissue (cartilage, meniscus, muscle, tendon, and ligaments).  Besides using multiple cold lasers, we combine other safe modalities to reduce/eliminate tissue swelling, knee pain, and strengthen the knee joint.

If you suffer from osteoarthritis knee pain, ‘bone on bone’, meniscus tears, bursitis, tendonitis, Baker’s Cyst, post surgical arthroscopic knee pain, or a combination of the listed conditions then Dr. Schnee’s Cold Laser Knee Program may be able to help you.

If you live in the Dallas/Fort Worth area call our office at 214- 596-1051 to find out if you’re a candidate for Dr. Schnee’s Cold Laser Knee Program.

Or if you would like more information about Dr. Schnee’s Cold Laser Knee Program fill out the form on the right side of this screen to get your FREE report mailed to you entitled, Amazing Cold Laser Therapy the Missing Link to Knee Pain Relief!

At the DFW Spine & Joint Center we also have programs available that can help most musculoskeletal conditions such as low back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain, sciatica, disc and nerve problems, hip, ankle, foot, hand and wrist pain, etc…

Dr. Robert Hanson, an associate at the DFW Spine & Joint Center, offers a very successful non-surgical program that treats herniated, bulging, degenerated discs, stenosis, and pinched nerves with Cold Laser/Spinal Decompression Therapy.

Dr. Alexandra K. Schnee, B.S.,D.C.,-Your Cold Laser Professional of the Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas Area-“Helping People with Knee Pain and Joint Pain in the Dallas/Fort Worth Area since 2001.”