Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy helps ease inflammation in arthritis
The inflammation joint pain and arthritis can cause can be so intense that it leaves patients unable to complete even the simplest of tasks. But a therapy available here in Yorkshire is seeing results in its patients, who are reporting less pain and more movement in...Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy helps Osteoarthritis and degenerative joint/cartilage disease
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a very common condition suffered mostly by the elderly. Due to it painful and debilitating effects, sufferers often rely on pain medication (NSAIDS) to live a normal life.OA is a degenerative condition of the joints whereby inflammatory markers...Clinical Trial – Anti Inflammatory Effects of Local Cryotherapy in Knee Arthritis
47 patients with non-septic knee arthritis were treated by local ice (30 min) or cold CO2 (2
min) twice at an 8 hour-interval for 1 day.
The synovial fluid was collected just before the first cold application then 24 hours later.
Cytokine, VEGF, NF-kB, PG-E2 levels were assessed in the synovial fluid before/after
treatment.
Contralateral arthritic knees were used as paired controls when possible.