Visco-supplementation treatment

Visco-supplementation treatment

A treatment for knee arthritis which is a temporary measure to delay eventual surgery.   Osteoarthritis (OA), or degenerative arthritis, is the most common form of arthritis. While OA can affect almost any joint in the body, it occurs most frequently in the...
8 symptoms of osteoarthritis

8 symptoms of osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis and often occurs in the knee joint and particularly with increasing age. BY: Dr Edwin Ong What do golf superstar Tiger Woods, basketball legend Kobe Bryant and Hollywood actor Patrick Stewart all have in common? They...
Non-surgical treatments for knee osteoarthritis

Non-surgical treatments for knee osteoarthritis

Surgery may not always be the first step to treat knee osteoarthritis as some have found success going the non-surgical way. BY: Eleanor Yap A 57-year-old woman (who does not want to be named) had been suffering many years of knee pain. This affected her mobility so...
Knee pain

Knee pain

Many seniors suffer in silence from knee pain and even fewer choose not to undergo surgery. With an ageing population, knee pain will continue to plague seniors. According to a local survey sponsored by Wellchem Pharmaceutical to mark World Arthritis Day 2012, knee...