Osteoarthritis: A Common Cause of Knee Pain and Limited Function
If you suffer from osteoarthritis, you have plenty of company-this
debilitating condition afflicts more than 10 million people in the
United States. Osteoarthritis of the knee often progresses from
minor aches and pain to chronic pain and decreased mobility, until
total knee replacement may be recommended.
Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee
Doctors treating osteoarthritis of the knee typically follow a regimen of increasingly aggressive therapy. Treatments start simple and become more complex and costly.
- Non-pharmacological treatments such as exercise, muscle-strengthening, and local heat administration
- Non-prescription pain relievers such as acetaminophen, aspirin, ibuprofen
- Prescription and non-prescription anti-inflammatory drugs
- Injections into the knee joint
- Arthroscopic surgery
- Total knee replacement
Now There Is Another Way to Help Manage Osteoarthritis of the Knee
The BioniCare Knee Device is the first and only effective, non-drug, non-invasive treatment for management of pain and symptoms due to osteoarthritis of the knee.
The BioniCare Knee Device is for use as an adjunctive therapy
in reducing the level of pain and symptoms associated with osteoarthritis
of the knee and for the overall improvement of the knee as assessed
by the physician's global evaluation (see clinical studies). The
following links will provide more information about arthritis
and its treatment.
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