Dear Dr.Venkatachalam
Good to hear from you. I’m an impatient person so progress will never seem fast enough for me! However my osteopath tells me she is amazed at my progress and sees me as far ahead of what she has come to expect with all the others she has worked with. I am walking well, and stamina is improving, but still has a long way to go. My wife says that I was walking like an old man in January and early feb., but now I don’t look like one. I am much better at climbing up stairs and am improving at climbing down them, and take most opportunities so to do. I’m up to about 135 degrees of bend, or slightly more, and I think both legs have evened out now.
Today I have been to the Gymn again (Mon, Wed, & Fri), and during the various journeys to and from (and then back to London Bridge for other reasons) have climbed down all the stairs into Canada Water station twice (i.e. 2 x 33 steps), and back up them again, up and down one flight of moving escalator, and then various stairs and steps elsewhere. Down is still more of a problem, and causes pain on the front outside of the knee, below the level of the knee-cap, in both legs but worse in the right. This persists for some time in walking after finishing the steps but goes eventually.
My osteopath says that the muscle you identified ( I still can’t remember the name – VMO – VOM ?)is now very well bulked up and has said to stop using the electro stimulation on it. She is very impressed with the difference that the stimulation has made in conjunction with gymn exercise.
Mr.Paul Jackman Graham
Sussex, UK
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Knee Cartilage surgery in India
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Knee Cartilage surgery in India
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Cartilage surgery can save athlete's joints
There is good news for sports-persons with cartilage injuries in India. At a conference held in Hyderabad, experts including Dr.Venkatachalam of KneeIndia.com discussed the potential of stem cells in bone and joint problems.
One such problem is cartilage injuries of the knee joint. The Knee joint is often injured in sportsmen or even in normal individuals. Ligament and cartilage injuries often occur concomitantly. Although Ligament reconstruction like arthroscopic ACL reconstruction could rectify damaged ligaments, cartilage injuries were left untreated till now.
Reparative cartilage surgery procedures like micro fracture are used by surgeons in low demand patients to repair these lesions by an inferior substitute called fibro cartilage.
Now surgeons like Dr.Venkatachalam in association with "Regenerative medicine services" a company based in India offer restorative cartilage surgery procedure called 'Chondron'
This procedure consists of two operations. During the first, the surgeon will harvest a small piece of cartilage through key hole surgery from the knee. He will then send it to the laboratory for tissue culture. The tissue regenerates 12 to 48 million cartilage cells in about 4 to 6 weeks. These cells are implanted in a scaffold medium into the cartilage defect in your own joint.
Over the next four to six weeks you will be asked to remain non weight bearing and given physiotherapy. The defect is restored to normal tissue during this period.
Progression of the defect to Osteo arthritis or joint failure is thus averted. You could return to sports or normal life.
For queries send an email to drvenkat@kneeindia.com
Visit http://www.kneeindia.com
http://www.kneereplacement.co.in
One such problem is cartilage injuries of the knee joint. The Knee joint is often injured in sportsmen or even in normal individuals. Ligament and cartilage injuries often occur concomitantly. Although Ligament reconstruction like arthroscopic ACL reconstruction could rectify damaged ligaments, cartilage injuries were left untreated till now.
Reparative cartilage surgery procedures like micro fracture are used by surgeons in low demand patients to repair these lesions by an inferior substitute called fibro cartilage.
Now surgeons like Dr.Venkatachalam in association with "Regenerative medicine services" a company based in India offer restorative cartilage surgery procedure called 'Chondron'
This procedure consists of two operations. During the first, the surgeon will harvest a small piece of cartilage through key hole surgery from the knee. He will then send it to the laboratory for tissue culture. The tissue regenerates 12 to 48 million cartilage cells in about 4 to 6 weeks. These cells are implanted in a scaffold medium into the cartilage defect in your own joint.
Over the next four to six weeks you will be asked to remain non weight bearing and given physiotherapy. The defect is restored to normal tissue during this period.
Progression of the defect to Osteo arthritis or joint failure is thus averted. You could return to sports or normal life.
For queries send an email to drvenkat@kneeindia.com
Visit http://www.kneeindia.com
http://www.kneereplacement.co.in
Monday, September 21, 2009
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Knee Replacement in India for American
An American patient outsourced his knee replacement to Chennai, India in difficult times.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Sunday, March 01, 2009
Patient squatting 10 months after bilateral high flex knee replacements
This 65 year old lady is squatting comfortably after bilateral high flex knee replacements at MJRC 10 months ago.
Email- drvenkat@kneeindia.com
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Oxinium knee replacement- Young Dutch patient testimonial
A young Dutch patient recipient of the Oxinium knee in India conveys his utter satisfaction with his Knee replacement operation in India. Visit www.kneeindia.com
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Computer assisted knee replacement
Dr.Venkatachalam has started using navigation or computer assisted surgery ( CAS) for knee replacement in India
Friday, October 31, 2008
New address for blog
The kneeindia.blog has a new address now, http://www.kneeindia.com/blog/index.php
Users are requested to read the new posts there.
Users are requested to read the new posts there.
Friday, September 12, 2008
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