There’s always someone in the family that complains of knee pain! And it isn’t a problem reserved for the elderly. Injuries in the knee can lead to knee pain that can turn chronic. India has some very particular circumstances that may make our population more susceptible to knee problems.

It has been revealed that 15 crore Indians suffer from knee problems - and four crores of them will need a total knee replacement. In fact, the number of Indians with knee arthritis is 15x of the number of people suffering from knee arthritis in the western world. Osteoarthritis may be a common cause of knee pain but, cartilage damage is common even amongst 15 to 30 years olds from injury, especially from sports.

Changing the face of knee pain treatment

Cartilage in the knee acts both as a protection for the ends of the knee and forms a smooth surface for movement of the joint. The cartilage can quite easily be subject to damage through overuse or injury. However, the cartilage cannot repair itself since it does not receive blood supply. Over time, damage continues and progresses to osteoarthritis and mobility becomes difficult and pain unmanageable.

For a long, knee pain treatment involved measures to manage the symptoms and the pain. Apart from lifestyle management and medication, orthopedics recommend surgical methods that have been used to address knee pain and cartilage damage treatment like:

1) Cartilage surgery or arthroscopy to remove loose pieces of cartilage or fragments

2) Partial or total knee replacement surgery where a metal or ceramic implant is used to replace the joint.

The emerging approach to address both osteoarthritis of the knee and cartilage damage is using cell therapy. Cell therapy can arrest the progression of cartilage damage as well as reverse the effects of the damage itself.

How CARTIGROW ® Cartilage Cell Therapy can repair cartilage damage

CARTIGROW® Cartilage Cell Therapy, a treatment by Regrow Biosciences, is an effective approach to cartilage damage treatment where healthy cartilage tissue is first extracted to create a cell culture that is then transplanted into the affected area. This procedure has proven to form new and healthy cartilage that protects the joint and brings back original levels of mobility.

This procedure is preferred over knee replacement surgery since it can be done in the early stages of cartilage damage and uses the patient’s own cells to repair the damage as opposed to any foreign material. Cartilage cell therapy is a lasting solution and outlasts knee replacement procedures that can last only up to 10 to 15 years

Cartilage cell therapy in Mumbai

Ask your orthopedician about cell therapy and most leading hospitals in Mumbai will provide cell therapy. Regrow Biosciences has several tie-ups in Mumbai that provide CARTIGROW® Cartilage Cell Therapy in their hospitals. Typically, the healthy cartilage cells that may be extracted, are sent to our laboratory in Lonavala to create a cartilage cell culture that is then transported back to the hospital to implant into the affected knee.

You can reach out to us at Regrow Biosciences and speak to us about how you can access CARTIGROW® Cartilage Cell Therapy for your knee pain treatment or ask your orthopedician about cartilage cell therapy.