knee replacement

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At 69 years of age, I am in serious need of knee replacement on both legs but

holding off until ABSOLUTELY necessary. Can anyone suggest supplements I could

take to rebuild some of the cartiledge that would buy me a little relief time?

Appreciate any input. Thanks.

 

Judy

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

hello Judy,

Try deep breathing ANULOM VILOM(15 minutes daily morning empty stomach) and

KAPAL BHATI 15 MINUTES. Get the techniques thro' google or swami Ramdev or learn

it from some yoga teacher. you will benefit a lot

 

Judy <catsjudy wrote:

At 69 years of age, I am in serious need of knee replacement on both

legs but holding off until ABSOLUTELY necessary. Can anyone suggest supplements

I could take to rebuild some of the cartiledge that would buy me a little relief

time? Appreciate any input. Thanks.

 

Judy

 

 

[Guest guest]

Have you tried taking Glucosamine? This is a standard supplement that

doc will usually recommend.

 

My dad has similiar problem and he is drinking a lot of specially

formulated milk (fortified with various minerals and Vitamins)instead.

 

http://99health.blogspot.com/

 

, " Judy " <catsjudy

wrote:

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> At 69 years of age, I am in serious need of knee replacement on

both legs but holding off until ABSOLUTELY necessary. Can anyone

suggest supplements I could take to rebuild some of the cartiledge

that would buy me a little relief time? Appreciate any input.

Thanks.

>

> Judy

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Judy, a while back,maybe a month ago a man had written about the same

problem. He was looking at knee cap replacement surgery for he could hardly

walk.

Someone on this site or maybe it was himself suggested taking a teaspoon of

plain Knox Gelatin with warm water once a day would rebuild the cartilage in

the knee.He had stated that within 2 weeks,a majority of the pain ceased and

that he was contemplating dropping the surgery. I have since questioned my

sister - in law about this,she has a masters degree in chemistry. She said

that

it seems to make sense for the chemical makeup of the Knox gelatin is that

of animal cartilage. She said that the only problem that might occur is a

little swelling in the throat when taking it. You might not want to here this,

but the reason I was looking into this is because I have a 12 year old German

Shepard Dog that has hip dysplasia. I have her on a anti-imflamatory drug

that is doing the trick,but just masking the real problem,so I am going to try

this for her sake and it is not harmfull to her and I have nothing to

loose...God Speed,Rick

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

My mother-in-law was supposed to have hip replacement surgery but really

didn't want to go through with it. I had her start taking glucosamine,

chondrotin,

MSM and fish oil, and a couple weeks later, she was feeling much better. Now

she can get around pretty good for her age (in her 80s), and amazed her doctor

when she got easily up on his table. He asked her what she had been doing,

she told him (had brought the bottles with her), and he told her to just keep

on doing that! She was in so much pain she couldn't even sleep well, and

now she can sleep fine also.

 

Cindy

 

, " Judy " <catsjudy wrote:

>

> At 69 years of age, I am in serious need of knee replacement on both legs but

holding off

until ABSOLUTELY necessary. Can anyone suggest supplements I could take to

rebuild some

of the cartiledge that would buy me a little relief time? Appreciate any input.

[Guest guest]

Please get the book Pain Free by Pete Egoscue. The stretching exercise there

will keep you from having to have knee replacement surgery. I know this

sounds remarkable, but it's true. You can go to www.egoscue.com and look

around, plus write them with your problem and see what they tell you. I

have a couple of remarkable stories about how the Egoscue method has helped

people, but this is one you can relate to. At a lecture, where I first

heard about Egoscue, the speaker asked for a volunteer who was in pain. A

lot of hands went up, naturally, but he picked a woman and asked her what

her problem was. She said she had pain with every step she took and was

scheduled for knee surgery. He told her to come to the front of the class.

She did. He asked her if she hurt then and she said yes. Then he had her

lock her fingers together (interlaced) behind her head and stretch her

elbows back as far as she could. Then he told her to walk around the room.

She started walking around the room and he continued to talk. I watched the

lady as she was walking and I saw her eyes getting bigger and bigger. When

she got back to the front she stopped and he looked at her and said " I didn

t tell you to stop walking, keep walking " . You could see this amazed look

on her face and without a word she continued around the room again. That

time, as she got to the front, he stopped her and had her put her arms down.

He said " did your knee hurt at all " She said " no, not once, not one time,

the whole two trips " . He had her go and sit down and he explained that

because she couldn't spend the rest of her life walking around with her

hands locked behind her head, she was going to have to start doing the

stretches, which would put her body into alignment and that she would no

longer need the surgery.

 

The thing is, we get great pain because we are not using the correct muscles

We are born with the correct muscles being used, but over time, as we walk

or stand at odd angles, or sit all day, lots of reasons, the correct muscles

are NOT being used, and other muscles start being used. Because they are

the wrong muscles eventually pain sets in. So the simple stretches in the

book teach the body to use the correct muscles again. When the right

muscles are doing their job, pain leaves. Most joint surgeries of any type

can be avoided by doing these simple stretches, which are all shown in the

paper back book. It can be good to go to a certified Egoscue practitioner,

but if there isn't one in your area, you can also do it on line. The web

site has a place where you can sign up for private instructions to the exact

exercise you need to do for you exact situation. You send them photos and

they evaluate you that way, and tailor the exercises to fit. But the book

has most every exercise they use in their clinics and if you follow the

photos in the book you should find major relief.

 

Good luck

Renee

 

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At 69 years of age, I am in serious need of knee replacement on both legs

but holding off until ABSOLUTELY necessary. Can anyone suggest supplements I

could take to rebuild some of the cartiledge that would buy me a little

relief time? Appreciate any input. Thanks.

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Cindy. Can you please tell me the benefit of the fish oil? Would

you be willing to send me brand names offline of what she took. My e-mail

address is catsjudy. Thanks so much.

 

Judy

 

 

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kiaradaze

02/20/07 06:47:18

 

Re: knee replacement

 

My mother-in-law was supposed to have hip replacement surgery but really

didn't want to go through with it. I had her start taking glucosamine,

chondrotin,

MSM and fish oil, and a couple weeks later, she was feeling much better. Now

 

she can get around pretty good for her age (in her 80s), and amazed her

doctor

when she got easily up on his table. He asked her what she had been doing,

she told him (had brought the bottles with her), and he told her to just

keep

on doing that! She was in so much pain she couldn't even sleep well, and

now she can sleep fine also.

 

Cindy

 

, " Judy " <catsjudy wrote:

>

> At 69 years of age, I am in serious need of knee replacement on both legs

but holding off

until ABSOLUTELY necessary. Can anyone suggest supplements I could take to

rebuild some

of the cartiledge that would buy me a little relief time? Appreciate any

input.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thanks Rick for responding. I did see that post about taking the Knox

gelatin and was thinking about trying it. I'd also be very interested in

knowing if the gelatin gives any relief to your dog because my brother has

an old chesapeke retriever who has difficulty in her hind quarters when she

tries to get up. My e-mail is catsjudy.

 

Judy

 

 

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rbeespga

2/20/2007 6:45:06 AM

 

Re: Re: knee replacement

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thank you so much, Renee, for this information. The stretching certainly

makes good sense because my entire body feels all kinked out of kelter by

the end of the day from trying to walk in a position where I don't hurt. I

ll definitely try to get this book.

 

Judy

 

 

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Renee

2/20/2007 6:42:23 AM

 

Re: knee replacement

 

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[Guest guest]

Fish oil fights the sort of inflammation found in arthritis plus is so good for

brain function

that I felt it could do nothing but help my mother-in-law.

 

It actually provides benefits for so much that I feel it's a good supplement for

most people.

Most of us, unfortunately, don't get the amount of omega 3s - found in fish oil

- that we

should get, and this is a way to counter that lack plus balance out all the

omega 6s we do

end up eating.

 

Also, I hope it doesn't matter, but I'll just put the brand names I gave her

here. I don't have

interest in the company, don't sell it, don't profit from it in anyway! All of

the supplements

were Trader Joe's. Their prices are good, and, seeing how fast this worked and

how well it

worked for my mil, I can see that the quality is good as well.

 

Cindy

 

, " Judy " <catsjudy wrote:

>

> Thanks, Cindy. Can you please tell me the benefit of the fish oil? Would

> you be willing to send me brand names offline of what she took. My e-mail

> address is catsjudy Thanks so much.

[Guest guest]

As Ive said in an earlier post, Ive been taking the Knox geletin on a

daily basis for several weeks now and it is helping with my knee pain.

Last night I came down with severe swelling of my glands and a severe

sore throat (which I immediately went to the dr for because I couldnt

swallow without excruciating pain) so my question is, can these two

things be related at all? Im thinking not, but I dont know for sure.

 

Frazz

 

 

, rbeespga wrote:

.. I have since questioned my

> sister - in law about this,she has a masters degree in chemistry.

She said that

> it seems to make sense for the chemical makeup of the Knox gelatin

is that

> of animal cartilage. She said that the only problem that might occur

is a

> little swelling in the throat when taking it.