Joint Pain Treatment: 10 Stories of Breakthrough Therapies

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The huge strides medical science has made in the last 15 years in joint pain treatment are making their way into public consciousness.

Sports have helped push this new understanding. It was just a few seasons ago that LA Laker star Kobe Bryant flew to Germany for a then-mysterious procedure on his arthritic knee. Now, athletes and everyday professionals alike are becoming familiar with treatments such as Regenokine (what Kobe had) and PRP injections.

Pushing those boundaries has opened the doors for discussions of other treatments, such as intra-articular laser therapies.

We as a profession are standing on the edge of some miraculous breakthroughs in sports medicine, orthopedics, pain managementand many other fields.

Below are 10 stories we recommend that will help give you a bigger-picture view of what all these changes could mean for the millions of Americans who struggle with joint pain every day.