Who is behind this Queen Creek joint guide?

Who speaks here, and why should I know?

This site is operated by the owners of the QC Kinetix clinics serving the Phoenix area, with locations in Chandler, Scottsdale, Peoria and at Banner Estrella. The Chandler office is the one nearest Queen Creek.

That means the people offering the care also wrote these words. We benefit if you book, so keep that link in mind.

You can use this site to prepare, but it can't examine a joint. It won't decide which treatment belongs in your care.

Here you'll read why joints get sore and what may help at home. Warning signs that need prompt care are also included.

The clinics offer regenerative treatments that use your blood or marrow. Their medical providers are trained staff who examine and care for you.

PRP stands for platelet-rich plasma, made by spinning blood taken from your arm. Staff use the resulting liquid during treatment.

The care aims to help you move with less ache and avoid surgery for now. Results aren't promised, and worn joint surfaces aren't rebuilt.

At a visit, describe the ache's start and the movements that worsen it. Bring an earlier X-ray or clinic note if it's handy.

Ask what treatment is proposed and how many visits it involves. You'll also want the full price in writing.

Medical facts have supporting studies listed at each page's bottom. Reading every study isn't needed before you ask questions.

Prompt care matters for sudden injury or a joint that grows hot and swollen. A routine clinic talk isn't meant for urgent trouble.

Sources

1. RESTORE, the largest and most rigorously blinded placebo-controlled PRP trial in knee OA (n=288, participant-, injector- and assessor-blinded), gave three weekly injections of a commercial leukocyte-poor PRP or saline. At 12 months the change in knee pain was -2.1 vs -1.8 points (difference -0.4; 95% CI -0.9 to 0.2; P=.17) and the change in medial tibial cartilage volume was -1.4% vs -1.2% (difference -0.2%; P=.81). Twenty-nine of 31 prespecified secondary outcomes showed no between-group difference. The authors concluded the findings do not support the use of PRP for knee OA.

   Bennell KL, et al. — Effect of Intra-articular Platelet-Rich Plasma vs Placebo Injection on Pain and Medial Tibial Cartilage Volume in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis: The RESTORE Randomized Clinical Trial.. JAMA, 2021. DOI: 10.1001/jama.2021.19415.

2. FDA states verbatim of stem cell products, stromal vascular fraction (adipose-derived cells), umbilical cord blood, Wharton's jelly, amniotic fluid and exosome products: 'None of these products have been approved for the treatment of any orthopedic condition, such as osteoarthritis, tendonitis, disc disease, tennis elbow, back pain, hip pain, knee pain, neck pain, or shoulder pain.' The only FDA-approved stem cell products in the United States are blood-forming (hematopoietic progenitor) cells derived from umbilical cord blood, approved only for disorders of blood production, and there are currently NO FDA-approved exosome products.

   U.S. Food and Drug Administration — Consumer Alert on Regenerative Medicine Products Including Stem Cells and Exosomes. FDA (Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research), 2020.