Women’s Health Magazine: Pine Bark Reduces the Need for Osteoarthritis Pain Meds By 58%
Pine Bark may reduce the symptoms of osteoarthritis, a condition affecting about 12 percent of Americans between the ages of 25-74 in which the cartilage covering and cushioning a joint breaks down. Patients who took 100 milligrams of pine bark extract daily for three months reduced their stiffness by 53 percent, their pain by 55 percent and their need for meds by 58 percent. The bark acts as a potent anti-inflammatory, says Giannie Belcaro Ph.D., of Chieti-Pescara University in Italy.(1)
Including natural supplements like Pine Bark to your daily routine is something easy you can make to help ease osteoarthritis symptoms of the knee. Taking a Pine Bark supplement is safer and has fewer side-effects then prescription medications. Unfortunately, taking supplements will not cure knee problems such as arthritis, ‘bone on bone’, tendonitis, bursitis, meniscus tears, Baker’s Cyst’s, or post surgical knee pain. However, based on the study referenced above there’s a good chance that it will help mitigate your knee pain.
Along with taking supplements, include Dr. Schnee’s Cold Laser Knee Program as part of your knee care treatment regime. This will allow your knee to have the greatest chance of recovery. Dr. Schnee’s Cold Laser Knee Program is considered a complete treatment plan that combines cold laser treatments, non-weight bearing exercises, and other modalities that promote rehabilitation of the knee. Every patients program is different depending on whether they suffer from arthritis, ‘bone on bone’, meniscus tears, bursitis, tendonitis, Baker’s Cyst, post surgical arthroscopic knee pain, or a combination of the listed conditions. 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.
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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.”
- Women’s Health, September 2008, Page 24
