When treating knee complaints, we distinguish between acute injuries and signs of wear and tear. Acute knee injuries are common. These are mainly ligament and meniscus injuries. They are caused by occupational and athletic overexertion, excessive body weight, problems with the statics of the legs due to bow legs or knock knees, and, of course, the age of the patient, if wear and tear is the cause of the complaints. We clarify your findings through a detailed medical history interview, a thorough examination, and our practice's own digital X-ray diagnostics. Our digital X-ray diagnostics are state-of-the-art, which means that radiation exposure is very low. If necessary, we are happy to arrange a short-term MRI appointment for our patients. And this is regardless of whether you have statutory or private health insurance. For this purpose, I have excellent contacts with outstanding image quality.
The cause of knee problems is often a combination of wear and tear and a meniscus injury. Sometimes, just one unfortunate movement is enough to trigger it. Or you get up in the morning, feel a sharp pain, and can no longer walk.
Many orthopedists would then recommend surgery. So far, we have not had to refer any meniscus patients for surgery in our practice, because our conservative and holistic therapy is effective and avoids the disadvantages of clinical intervention. Similar to disc surgery, in which part of the disc is removed , parts of the meniscus are removed during the operation, which consequently leads to increased stress and ultimately promotes osteoarthritis, as a significant part of the natural joint buffer is missing.
As part of our conservative, holistic therapy, we use a single injection of cortisone to reduce the inflammation. If the patient responds positively to this, i.e., the inflammation subsides, conservative treatment has good prospects of success. However, if the damage is already so extensive and the tear so advanced that the cortisone injection has no lasting effect, then conservative therapy would not make sense. This approach optimizes the treatment success of the patient.
To check this, we schedule an appointment with the patient one week after the cortisone injection and discuss their current condition with them. In almost every case, the inflammation has subsided, the patient feels significantly less pain, and therapy can begin.
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In a treatment lasting several weeks with two sessions per week, we combine injections of blood plasma with shock wave therapy, acupuncture, and kinesiology tape. This is followed by the administration of various hyaluronic acids with increasing concentrations and molecular weights. After completion of the orthopedic treatment, the patient can actively contribute to maintaining the long-term success of the treatment by doing their own exercises, depending on the findings and cause. The physiotherapy team at our practice is available for this purpose and can be seamlessly integrated into the individual (follow-up) treatment upon request.