Heal Elbow Arthritis with Regenerative Cell Therapy
Joint replacement surgery can treat elbow arthritis. But that can affect the quality of your life. With the help of our regenerative cell therapy, you can start a new life that you always wanted to, devoid of pain. Let us first learn what elbow arthritis is and what its symptoms are. Then we can see how regenerative treatment can help you to heal from elbow arthritis successfully.
What is elbow arthritis?The elbow's joint region aids us in doing our regular activities like bending and straightening with the help of our hands. If you get elbow arthritis, you'll experience discomfort and pain. Hence, you'll have difficulty in performing your regular activities, and your movements will get restricted.
What are the causes of elbow arthritis?There are different reasons for developing elbow arthritis like rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and accidental trauma.
In the case of rheumatoid arthritis, the joint linings called synovia are damaged. The joint linings swell, leading to the narrowing of space between the joint. Therefore, it leads to the destruction of soft tissues and bones.
On the other hand, in osteoarthritis, the cushioned cartilages get damaged, and there is difficulty in moving the bones smoothly. Hence, the rubbing of the bones with each other will cause degeneration of bone.
Anybody can get affected by elbow arthritis. But elders are more prone to get elbow arthritis. Moreover, people who perform vigorous activities and people in mid-age with osteoarthritis history may develop elbow arthritis.
What are the symptoms of elbow arthritis?The pain on the outer side of the joint is the first major symptom of elbow arthritis. Later on, you'll feel constant pain even when you are taking a rest.
More signs of elbow arthritis include:
Instability
Numbness
Bone spur
Locking or catching sensation
Stiffness
Inflammation of the elbow area
You must consult your physician once you start feeling constant pain in your elbow area. Your physician will inspect your elbow area for any sign of injury. Then, the physician will follow it up with the range-of-motion test to observe if there is any problem with the joint's mobility. You may be advised to get an X-ray test done to determine if there is any fracture or loss of cartilage. Getting a blood test done can predict whether you have rheumatoid arthritis or not. If the blood test comes as negative, the physician will rule out the possibility of rheumatoid arthritis and confirm the case as elbow osteoarthritis.
What are the conservative treatments for elbow arthritis?With the conservative treatment method, the elbow movement can be improved, and you can find a reduction in symptoms. The treatment includes heat pad application, control in regular activities, wearing splints and braces.
Later the physician will administer anti-inflammatory (NSAIDs) drugs. This will give relief from pain and the associated symptoms. However, the consumption of this for a prolonged period can lead to kidney damage, gastric ulcers, and gastrointestinal bleeding.
Prescribing corticosteroid injections can give you only short-time relief from the elbow pain and the discomfort. Moreover, these injections will have side effects like infection and skin degeneration at the elbow area.
If all these conservative treatments fail, the physician will recommend surgery as a last resort. There are varied forms of elbow arthritis, like arthroplasty, synovectomy, arthroscopy, and osteotomy. However, there can be post-surgical complications like numbness, elbow tenderness, or restricted movements in many patients. An extensive rehabilitation period is involved in the post-surgical recovery.
What is regenerative cell treatment for elbow arthritis?Regenerative cell treatment can give you permanent relief from pain and the symptoms. Hence, this can be a perfect alternative to surgery in treating elbow arthritis. Instead of just superficially covering the symptoms, regenerative cell treatment will help in healing the root cause. With the help of regenerative cell treatment, they can be repaired and revived naturally. This non-surgical procedure is minimally invasive, a day-care procedure. In this procedure, the recovery period is also less. In this therapy, the patient's own cells are utilized, and hence, there won't be any risk of rejection or allergy.
We offer physical therapy and nutritional therapy at our Medica Stem Cells treatment as a separate elbow arthritis service. We also provide them in combination with PRP (platelet-rich plasma) therapy. Mesenchymal cell therapy and prolotherapy for elbow arthritis treatment.