Facts about Osteoarthritis Knee Pain
- Osteoarthritis is a chronic disease that is caused from ‘wear and tear.”
- It is estimated that 45% of Americans will develop osteoarthritis of the knee according to a study in the Journal of Arthritis Care & Research.1
- Close to 70 million Americans have arthritis, and over 20 million suffer with osteoarthritis.
- Osteoarthritis is 3X more likely to affect woman then men, and it occurs more often in people over the age of 50.
- Younger people in their 30s and 40s may be affected by Osteoarthritis if they have been injured in a car accident or suffered a sports injury.2,3
Located in Irving, Texas, the DFW Spine & Joint Center includes a team of professionals that are dedicated to improving your quality of life. Professional and amateur athletes, dancers, musicians, retirees and people who are just suffering with pain go to the DFW Spine & Joint Center for care. Using the facility to improve their condition, thousands of successful cases have been treated since 2001.
Dr. Alexandra Schnee, D.C. primarily treats patients suffering with knee pain due to unsuccessful knee surgery, arthritis, bursitis, ‘bone on bone’, tendonitis, meniscus/cartilage tears, and Baker’s Cyst’s. However, at the DFW Spine & Joint Center we 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, D.C. an associate at the DFW Spine & Joint Center, offers nonsurgical program that help treat neck, shoulder and back pain. Pain from herniated, bulging, degenerated discs, stenosis, and pinched nerves can be treated with specialized treatment protocols of Cold Laser and Spinal Decompression Therapy.
If you live in the Dallas- Fort-Worth Metroplex and have osteoarthritis knee pain, and would like more information about Dr. Schnee’s Cold Laser Knee Program or any of our other programs please call our office at 214-596-1051, or fill out the form on the right hand side of this page and a FREE 16 page report about the treatments will be mailed to you within 72 hours. Or visit http://www.helpmykneepain.com
Article by Dr. Alexandra K. Schnee, B.S.,D.C.,-Your Cold Laser Doctor for the Non-Surgical Treatment of Knee Pain for the Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas Area-“ Dr. Schnee’s Cold Laser Knee Program Has Been Helping People with Knee Pain and Joint Pain in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area since 2001.”
- Nearly Half in US Will Develop Knee Arthritis. Reuters 2008-09-03 21:09:08
- Arthritis Foundation, http//www.arthritis.org/resources/getting started/default.asp
- CDC. Prevalence of self-reported arthritis or chronic joint syndromes among adults-United States, 2001. MMWR 2002; 51(42); 948-950.
Knee Pain and Osteoarthritis Facts | Dallas-Fort Worth
Facts about knee pain and Osteoarthritis are shared by Dallas Cold Laser and Knee Pain expert, Dr. Alexandra Schnee,D.C. in Irving,Texas
