Where can you get joint soreness checked?

Can walking or court play cause a flare?

A longer walk can make your knee ache. Court play may leave your shoulder sore. That often means the joint needs less strain.

You don't have to stop every activity. Try shorter outings and more rest days. Get help for sudden or severe pain.

How far is the Chandler clinic?

QC Kinetix (Chandler) is at 1100 S. Dobson Rd., Suite 210, Chandler, AZ 85286. From the town core, it's about 18 miles. The drive often takes 25–30 minutes.

You'll travel toward Loop 202 and Dobson Road. Traffic isn't predictable and may add time. Leave early so you aren't rushed.

What happens at QC Kinetix?

QC Kinetix uses regenerative treatments to mean joint care that starts with a blood draw or marrow taken from bone. The medical provider examines your joint first. You'll hear what the procedure involves.

One blood choice is PRP, or platelet-rich plasma. The clinic spins your blood to gather platelets, then places the plasma in your joint. Concentrated PRP also calls for drawing and spinning blood.

Natural pain treatments and joint preservation are broad clinic terms. Ask which exact procedure each term means. They may include choices before knee or hip surgery.

Which symptoms need hospital care?

Fever with a hot joint needs quick help. Don't drive to a routine office visit. Banner Ironwood on Gantzel Road provides hospital care.

A joint bent wrong after a fall also needs urgent care. So does sudden loss of weight-bearing. Don't wait for your booked clinic time.

Sources

1. The OARSI non-surgical management guideline evaluated 60 interventions with GRADE methodology and built its recommendations around core treatments - structured exercise, weight management and self-management education - for every patient with knee osteoarthritis, regardless of what else is added.

   Bannuru RR, et al. — OARSI guidelines for the non-surgical management of knee, hip, and polyarticular osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage, 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2019.06.011.

2. A retrospective comparison of 523 bone marrow aspiration procedures against 435 open iliac crest bone graft harvests found aspiration significantly reduced complications - relevant because marrow aspiration for a joint injection is a real procedure with a real, if low, complication rate.

   Hernigou P, et al. — Morbidity of graft harvesting versus bone marrow aspiration in cell regenerative therapy. Int Orthop, 2014. DOI: 10.1007/s00264-014-2318-x.

3. FDA states in its consumer alert that the only FDA-approved stem cell products in the United States are blood-forming stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood, approved for disorders of the blood-forming system, and that NONE of these products - stem cells, stromal vascular fraction, umbilical cord blood, Wharton's jelly or amniotic fluid - has been approved for the treatment of any orthopedic condition, including osteoarthritis, tendonitis, disc disease, tennis elbow, back pain, hip pain, knee pain, neck pain or shoulder pain.

   US Food and Drug Administration, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research — Consumer Alert on Regenerative Medicine Products Including Stem Cells and Exosomes. , 2020.