Wear-and-tear arthritis of the knee — stiff first thing in the morning, achy after long walks, sometimes with a feeling of grinding.
Knee
You will usually feel this around the knee — at the front, the inside, or deep in the joint. Stairs, squatting, kneeling, and getting up after sitting for a while tend to be the worst. Some people describe a grinding or catching sensation, and the joint may feel stiff first thing in the morning before easing up.
Wherever possible, we start with the least invasive option that has good evidence — and we use live image guidance (ultrasound or fluoroscopy) for any injection so the medication goes exactly where it needs to. Many of the procedures we offer for this condition are OHIP-covered when ordered for an appropriate clinical reason; we will be straight with you about what is and what is not before you book.
These are the procedures we most commonly use for the knee area. The right one depends on your imaging, history, and what has helped before.
A regenerative injection using concentrated cells and growth factors drawn from your own bone marrow. We typically consider this for advanced joint arthritis or stubborn tendon and cartilage problems when other treatments have not held.
A steroid injection placed directly into a joint to settle arthritis pain or inflammation. Works for shoulders, knees, hips, elbows, wrists, ankles, and the smaller joints of the fingers and toes.
A gel-like injection that supplements the natural lubricant in your joint. Often used for knee or hip arthritis when steroid injections have stopped giving you the relief they used to.
A regenerative injection using a processed form of your own platelets in which the healing growth factors are released up front. We typically consider this for nerve-related and tendon pain where a gentler regenerative option is preferred.
A regenerative injection that uses the healing factors from your own blood to settle knee pain. We typically offer this for knee osteoarthritis or stubborn kneecap-tendon pain when other injections have lost their effect.
A regenerative injection using the healing factors from your own blood. We typically offer this for chronic tendon problems or arthritis when other injections have lost their effect.
If Knee osteoarthritis has been getting in the way for more than a few weeks, ask your family doctor for a referral. We will take it from there.
