From the age of three, Tara Radcliffe Ghiglieri danced almost every day, leaping, pirouetting, tapping, and high-kicking her way into a Broadway career that included a multi-year stint as a Radio City Rockette. She trained hard, at times rehearsing eight hours a day, six days a week. "And performance days could be up to six … Continue reading Experimental treatment brings relief for a dancer with chronic knee pain
Knee joint pain rarely gets counted among major public‑health burdens. Yet it affects more than 3 million Californians and 34 million people across the U.S., with both massive economic and health consequences. Costly Impact In California alone, the cost of knee replacement surgeries exceeds $8 billion annually, according to Thomas Chalberg, PhD, founder and CEO … Continue reading Genascence discusses gene therapy for knee osteoarthritis
THIS BLOG IS ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIOCAST Graphic contrasting a healthy knee with one that has osteoarthritis About 10% of Americans suffer from knee osteoarthritis, a painful condition that can really impair mobility and quality of life. It's often caused by an injury to cartilage, say when you were playing sports in high school … Continue reading Some good news for people with dodgy knees
Image by Leonard John Matthews People with osteoarthritis rarely cheer for new theories, especially when no treatments follow. This time, Johns Hopkins researchers found a new cause of cartilage loss and a way to slow it. If knees could smile, they might. Current theories say physical trauma erodes cartilage. The Hopkins team saw trauma also … Continue reading New cell therapy approach to treat knee osteoarthritis