Long story short I played soccer in college, had a couple of knee surgeries to repair my ACL and torn cartilage, and for the past 12 - 15 years have been doing triathlons, marathons, ultras, and the like without any real issues, just some minor swelling here and there in my kneed. That was up until about a month ago...which incidentally is just a few months after I turned 40...go figure! I started having a lot of swelling and aching in my right knee that just wouldn't go away, particularly after running. This week I went to my ortho and he said I'm bone on bone in my right knee as the outside of my meniscus is gone. It wasn't a surprise really as I knew it was coming I just thought it'd be farther down the road.
My doc recommended an Ossur Unloader brace (which is on order) and also said I should look at is stem cell treatment. He does the amniotic version and recommended that, but I've been reading up on Adipose and other approaches, but nothing seems conclusive and right now there are just a lot of opinions which is why I wanted to get some feedback from folks who have actually had the procedure done and get some real life feedback. I would like to learn about what procedure you had, how it's worked out, whether or not you'd do it again, and if there were any negatives to having it done.
I'm doing IMAZ this November and would really like to continue doing triathlon, but most of all just want to be somewhat active without the chronic pain and swelling I have now.
Thanks in advance!
My doc recommended an Ossur Unloader brace (which is on order) and also said I should look at is stem cell treatment. He does the amniotic version and recommended that, but I've been reading up on Adipose and other approaches, but nothing seems conclusive and right now there are just a lot of opinions which is why I wanted to get some feedback from folks who have actually had the procedure done and get some real life feedback. I would like to learn about what procedure you had, how it's worked out, whether or not you'd do it again, and if there were any negatives to having it done.
I'm doing IMAZ this November and would really like to continue doing triathlon, but most of all just want to be somewhat active without the chronic pain and swelling I have now.
Thanks in advance!