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 program that combines specific cold laser treatment protocols, along with other non-invasive modalities that help promote rehabilitation of the knee. Every patients program is different depending on whether they suffer from knee pain due to arthritis, ‘bone on bone’ knee pain, meniscus tear knee pain, bursitis knee pain, tendonitis knee pain, a 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, D.C. an associate at the DFW Spine & Joint Center, offers non-surgical cold laser therapy programs for the treatment of neck and back pain for herniated, bulging, degenerated discs, stenosis, and pinched nerves with a combination of Cold LaserTherapy and Spinal DecompressionTherapy. Visit http://www.coldlasertherapy.com to find out more information about the various programs offered.
Dr. Alexandra K. Schnee, B.S.,D.C.,-Your Cold Laser Therapy Doctor for the Non-Surgical Treatment of Knee Pain for the Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas Area-“ Dr. Schnee’s Cold Laser Therapy Knee Program Has Been Helping People with Knee Pain and Joint Pain in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area Since 2001.”
Pine Bark Helps Ease Osteoarthritis Pain | Dallas-Fort Worth
Dallas Cold Laser Therapy professional Dr. Schnee, DC from Irving Texas explains how pine bark reduces the need for osteoarthritis pain medications.
- Women’s Health, September 2008, Page 24
