Acupuncture Treatment for Knee Osteoarthritis

Do you often feel weak, uncomfortable or even painful in your knees? Do you have difficulty squatting, or walking up and down stairs? Or do your knees click when you move them? If so, you may be suffering from knee osteoarthritis.

According to a study conducted by the University of Hong Kong, 7% of men over 50 years of age in Hong Kong suffer from degenerative knee osteoarthritis and 13% of women over 50 years of age. In another study, 42.8% of women over 60 years old had degenerative knee joints detected on X-ray, compared to 21.5% of men, indicating that knee osteoarthritis is a very common problem (Kan, 2019).

Knee osteoarthritis is graded according to different degrees of severity, with the most severe form of degenerative knee osteoarthritis requiring knee replacement surgery. There are more than 32,000 cases waiting for total joint replacement in the orthopaedic departments of HA, with a median waiting time of 20 months to 39 months (Hospital Authority, 2021). Studies have shown that early diagnosis and appropriate treatment can reduce the risk of needing knee replacement surgery in the future. A Korean study found that acupuncture reduced the risk of knee arthritis patients needing surgery by three times (Gang, 2020).

HEAL Medical is now launching the Chinese Medicine acupuncture treatment for knee osteoarthritis, which is the most effective method of acupuncture in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (Sun, 2020), to provide early treatment for the public to improve their condition and to avoid the need for surgeries.