Top Arthritis Treatment WORSENS the Condition! [ALERT]

Pain can make you desperate for some relief. That’s especially true when it’s chronic pain you’re battling.

But if you’re dealing with knee arthritis the conventional way, I have a disturbing warning for you…

It turns out that one of mainstream medicine’s most common solutions for pain relief has turned out to be a dud. Even worse, it could hit the fast-forward button on the degeneration of the cartilage in your knee.

In other words, it could make your osteoarthritis WORSE!

If you’re living with knee pain, agreeing to steroid injections can be very tempting when your doctor brings them up.

They reduce the inflammation—and ultimately help tame the pain.

At least for a little while.

Sadly, the pain-relieving effects are only temporary. But that’s the least of your problems if you’ve had one of these needles.

The real issue is that steroid injections can fast-track the progression of osteoarthritis.

You see, osteoarthritis typically gets progressively worse. The key is to tame the pain while slowing the progression at the same time.

Well, steroid injections FAIL at both.

In 2017, a study showed repeated steroid injections were no more effective than saline injections. But the drugs did excel at one thing. They lead to greater osteoarthritis progression!

Two recent studies add more proof to this finding.

In one study, MRI results showed that patients who received steroid injections experienced increased progression of their knee osteoarthritis (compared to a control group, and to a group that received hyaluronic acid injections instead).

In the second study, X-ray results also showed that patients who received the injections experienced increased progression of their knee osteoarthritis.

The bottom line is steroid injections come with BIG risks while offering minimal benefit. If your doctor recommends them, ask for alternatives.

P.S. There’s a safe, effective alternative to risky steroid shots and NSAIDS that’s proven to help alleviate the pain, stiffness, and physical dysfunction of the knee. I’ve got all the details RIGHT HERE.

SOURCE:

Annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), 108th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Nov. 27 to Dec. 1, 2022, Oak Brook, IL, studies were presented on November 29, 2022