Arthritis in the United States affects nearly 46 million Americans.
The biggest challenge most individuals have is treating the pain and
inflammation associated with the disease. Arthritis sufferers who
experience significant pain find it hard to be productive and carry on
normal lives. In addition, effective treatment options are wide and in
most cases, ineffective. The good news is that new advances in
technology and modifications to old technologies continue to show
promising results for treating the disease. Electrotherapy is one such
technology. Electrotherapy for the use of treating knee pain associated
with a wide variety of knee ailments has received a lot of negative
press in recent years, but our research has shown that small adjustments
in electrical stimulation delivery and new methods in treatment can be
very effective.
Electrotherapy is the use of electrical energy
to stimulate muscles and nerves within the body to generate natural
mechanisms to heal a wide variety of medical ailments, in this case,
knee pain and inflammation. It is believed that this stimulation
suppresses interleukin-1 (IL-1), which is the cytokine responsible for
regulating immune and inflammatory responses in the brain. It is also
believed that this releases endorphins, stimulates the Peri-Aquaductal
grey area of the brain and acts on pain receptors to reduce and possibly
eliminate knee pain for arthritis/osteoarthritis sufferers.
Patients
in our study group have shown an 82% reduction in pain based on the
scoring results from the KOOS outcome test. Our research has shown that
adjustments to the frequency and sequence of traditional electrical
stimulation have a dramatic effect on treating knee pain and
inflammation. Additionally, traditional treatment methods involve icing
the affected areas after treatment. We found that this is not necessary
and, in fact, has a negative healing effect. It is our belief that more
is not necessarily better and consistent steady treatment with
electrical stimulation is a practical treatment approach.
We
continue to make small tweaks in our methods, monitor our study group
and, so far, it is showing great promise in helping patients treat their
pain and inflammation and ultimately get back on their feet. It is our
philosophy that patients should be cognizant of what works for them,
watch their diets and exercise regulary. We believe that these
treatment methods offer a great effective alternative to those suffering
from arthritis/osteoarthritis of the knee and with a careful strategy
can live a normal active life.
Dr. Brown
http://www.acuknee.com
Friday, January 31, 2014
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Very Interesting article in the USAToday
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/19/arthritis-reduce-pain/4379293/
The point is, research and figure out what's best for you. Be cognizant of what works, exercise and diet are almost always mentioned in articles about treating osteoarthritis. We can help you get back on your feet by relieving your pain and inflammation so you can exercise. We know people struggle daily with their pain and we are available to help answer any questions you may have.
Please visit our site for more information.
Dr. Brown
http://www.acuknee.com
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/19/arthritis-reduce-pain/4379293/
The point is, research and figure out what's best for you. Be cognizant of what works, exercise and diet are almost always mentioned in articles about treating osteoarthritis. We can help you get back on your feet by relieving your pain and inflammation so you can exercise. We know people struggle daily with their pain and we are available to help answer any questions you may have.
Please visit our site for more information.
Dr. Brown
http://www.acuknee.com
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
NEWSLETTER Vol 1.2a
A WORD ABOUT OUR COMPETITORS
AcuKnee competes in the market with 2 major knee electrotherapy devices: The Bionicare (bionicare.com) and The Orthocor (orthocormedical.com) knee treatment systems. We invite you to visit their websites and read what they have to say. Both systems have demonstrated limited efficacy. Bionicare has published meaningful research which may be of interest to those treating osteoarthritis.
There are no published papers on the Orthocor device for the long term treatment of osteoarthritis. There are papers on PEMF (pulsed electronic magnetic field-the technology that Orthocor uses) for soft tissue swelling and pain showing positive effects, but this is very different from chronic osteoarthritis.
Both devices have serious limitations as far as being cost effective and a user friendly, where the treatment of osteoarthritis is concerned. The Bionicare, like the AcuKnee, is a TENS derived highly modified electrotherapy device that delivers sub-sensory threshold pulsed electrotherapy. They require 1,500 hours of use for meaningful results. When therapy is stopped worsening of the osteoarthritis is inevitable. It is very expensive at $750 to $2000 dollars. It has limited insurance coverage and is, like the AcuKnee, considered investigational. In general, Medicare will not pay for any electrotherapy of a joint and most insurance companies follow their lead. It is not convenient or inexpensive. You cannot return it for a refund as where we offer a 30 day money back guarantee.
The Orthocor device is a Pulsed Electromagnetic Therapy Device (PEMF) that costs about $600 retail. It further requires a $7.50 replaceable timed cartridge for EACH individual treatment. It has very limited insurance coverage and Medicare will not pay for their device. It is effective for acute swelling. It is considerably less useful for chronic smoldering osteoarthritis. It is convenient to use, very expensive and, like the Bionicare, cannot be returned for a refund.
We believe our results, especially with early mild to moderate osteoarthritis, are better than Bionicare and Orthocor at a lower cost and greater convenience. Many of our long term users with mild disease are treating once a week. We continue to collect knee pain scores (KOOS) on everyone who will participate. Our results are impressive and will eventually be published.
Above all, we believe so strongly in the efficacy of The AcuKnee System that we do what no one else in the industry does-we let you return it for a full refund if you are not happy with the results.
A WORD ABOUT OUR COMPETITORS
AcuKnee competes in the market with 2 major knee electrotherapy devices: The Bionicare (bionicare.com) and The Orthocor (orthocormedical.com) knee treatment systems. We invite you to visit their websites and read what they have to say. Both systems have demonstrated limited efficacy. Bionicare has published meaningful research which may be of interest to those treating osteoarthritis.
There are no published papers on the Orthocor device for the long term treatment of osteoarthritis. There are papers on PEMF (pulsed electronic magnetic field-the technology that Orthocor uses) for soft tissue swelling and pain showing positive effects, but this is very different from chronic osteoarthritis.
Both devices have serious limitations as far as being cost effective and a user friendly, where the treatment of osteoarthritis is concerned. The Bionicare, like the AcuKnee, is a TENS derived highly modified electrotherapy device that delivers sub-sensory threshold pulsed electrotherapy. They require 1,500 hours of use for meaningful results. When therapy is stopped worsening of the osteoarthritis is inevitable. It is very expensive at $750 to $2000 dollars. It has limited insurance coverage and is, like the AcuKnee, considered investigational. In general, Medicare will not pay for any electrotherapy of a joint and most insurance companies follow their lead. It is not convenient or inexpensive. You cannot return it for a refund as where we offer a 30 day money back guarantee.
The Orthocor device is a Pulsed Electromagnetic Therapy Device (PEMF) that costs about $600 retail. It further requires a $7.50 replaceable timed cartridge for EACH individual treatment. It has very limited insurance coverage and Medicare will not pay for their device. It is effective for acute swelling. It is considerably less useful for chronic smoldering osteoarthritis. It is convenient to use, very expensive and, like the Bionicare, cannot be returned for a refund.
We believe our results, especially with early mild to moderate osteoarthritis, are better than Bionicare and Orthocor at a lower cost and greater convenience. Many of our long term users with mild disease are treating once a week. We continue to collect knee pain scores (KOOS) on everyone who will participate. Our results are impressive and will eventually be published.
Above all, we believe so strongly in the efficacy of The AcuKnee System that we do what no one else in the industry does-we let you return it for a full refund if you are not happy with the results.
Martin Brown, MD
Product Development
Product Development
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Monthly Newsletter
AcuKnee
Good Afternoon,
Thanks again for all the support you’ve given AcuKnee. We continue to have some very positive
results and recently there have been some interesting developments within the
Orthopedics community. A recent study
found that surgery MAY NOT be
necessary and in fact, that’s what our study has been showing as well. Please see http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/26/health/knee-surgery-study/index.html?hpt=hp_t
for a more in-depth look at the study.
I wanted to pass on some information to those treating for
partial torn meniscus, prior and post surgically repaired. If you are trying to prolong surgery, we have
found that the AcuKnee is a very meaningful alternative to relieve the pain and
inflammation you may be experiencing.
It’s not a cure, but it can prolong surgery. For those of you treating, please remember
that more is not necessarily better.
Please follow the instructions when treating and if you should have any
questions, please contact one of our staff physicians at contact@acuknee.com
Please continue to spread the word about the AcuKnee
system. We welcome reviews at http://www.shop.acuknee.com. We also made a small change on our shipping
that will hopefully help on the cost. We
are now offering free shipping on all orders of $200 or more. In addition, we continue to run an ongoing
10% discount on all products. Look for
our new shop on amazon.com, where shortly you will be able to buy all AcuKnee
products utilizing the prime shipping Amazon offers.
Thanks again and have a nice weekend.
Dr. Martin Brown
CEO/Product Development Lead, AcuKnee
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