How Does This New Treatment Work?

Relief begins almost as fast as it takes to pronounce the treatment. It’s called Viscosupplementation Therapy. To begin with, it starts with Premier

Osteoarthritis Centers of Pennsylvania investing in the use of diagnostic fluoroscopy. This enables them to target the exact location of your knee pain with pinpoint accuracy. What follows is a simple injection that causes little to no pain, especially when compared to what you may be living with daily. That explains what you will see on the surface of this revolutionary treatment. What’s taking place below the surface is how and where the natural healing process takes place. A gel-like substance made from hyaluronic acid is injected into your knee joint. This gel-like substance was approved by the FDA in 1996, and is a natural substance that mimics the synovial fluid that is already produced by your body in your joints. Osteoarthritis sufferers in particular see a reduction in this much needed synovial fluid in their knee joints. Without that cushioning layer of protection, the cartilage in your knee can begin to wear away leading to the rubbing of bone on bone. Through Viscosupplementation Therapy, this natural substance immediately goes to work reducing the swelling and inflammation in the joint and adding a coating layer of protection. Think about Dorothy taking the oil can to The Tin Man. You’ll begin to feel that same kind of relief and quite possibly feel like you’re ready for a dance down the yellow brick road to recovery yourself. And with a success rate of over 85% in alleviating pain associated with osteoarthritis, it’s easy to see why this treatment is so readily covered by Medicare and by most major insurance providers. Diagnostic fluoroscopy to target the pain, Viscosupplementation Therapy to relieve the pain. Simple, fast and no surgery!