Arthroscopy Knee Surgery Useless for Osteoarthritis

This is from Dr. Douglas. What he doesn't tell you to try instead is 1) eliminating food allergans from your diet with a IgG/IgE test from your holistic healthcare provider (food proteins from offending foods,escape the gut, and lodge in various parts of the body including knees)2) taking a good broad spectrum digestive enzyme inbetween meals (to eat up food particles trapped in the knee area) and 3) using arctic cod liver oil, one tablespoon in the morning, one tablespoon at night. do all this for six weeks only, and see if your knee pain is gone. When I worked for both a holistic chiropractor and the health food store, I found, repeatedly, when people with knee pain, often in their 60's and 70's did exactly this, (on medicare, and desperate because of the pain)they would come back in, walking ohhh, so much better, hug me, and thank me profusely.

Perhaps food allergies and the inflammation created by them, isn't your problem. but for a whole lot of people it is, and what a small price to pay, physically and financially (compared to surgery or a lifetime of pain). Just try it. And if it doesn't work, and if you stick to it religiously for six weeks, NO CHEATING!, then you can complain to me and you and your holistic healthcare provider can look for other options. I have never had that happen. Doesn't mean it doesn't happen, but it does mean this regimen is worth trying.

If you are too stubborn to get the food allergy panel, or don't have the money, then take a good broad spectrum, like Wobenzyme, one with each meal, and one to two between meals.... add in the arctic cod liver oil. Do this for six weeks. See the results.

Here is the email from Dr. Douglas:

Study says common surgical procedure could be useless

Dear Friend,

You might want to think twice before getting that knee surgery. According to a new study, the use of arthroscopy to treat arthritis in the knee may do nothing to improve the condition. In fact, the study of 178 men and women who'd undergone the surgery showed that the patients fared no better than other sufferers who were treated only with physical therapy and medication.

Study author Brian Feagan of the University of Western Ontario says his research shows "definitive evidence" that arthroscopy is ineffective. "If it isn't effective, patients should not be undergoing it," he says.

Amen to that. But good luck trying to convince the current healthcare system that a procedure that's not only common, but uncommonly lucrative, should be pulled off the table based on a relatively small sample group of 178 patients.

The issue here is not only that the surgery is ineffective — it's that ALL surgeries, no matter how seemingly "minor" come with a risk factor. And this procedure is no different. While complications from arthroscopy are uncommon, they can happen – and one of those complications is the formation of potentially lethal blood clots.

Nicholas DiNubile, a spokesman for the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, says that patient demand makes the banning of the procedure difficult. "You have this baby boomer population driving a lot of this. They really think that they can turn the clocks back and surgery can fix everything," he said.

Of course, the surgeons aren't discouraging the practice, either. That's how they make their money! You should hardly be surprised that doctors these days like to start slicing people open and poking around inside of them as a first rather than last resort. Orthopedic surgeons are especially likely to "pop the hood" of their patients as if they're just going in to do a tune up.

If you have osteoarthritis of the knee, I'm hoping you'll take this study to heart (or joint, as the case may be) and look for an alternative before you let them put you under the knife.

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