Guest guest Posted August 27, 2003 Report Share Posted August 27, 2003 In a message dated 8/27/2003 11:36:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Picnichut@... writes: > > I can get more info from Bill. . . . but has anyone heard of this?? > > I appreciate any postings back > Thanks > Alyce > C2K Wm Kenne > i haven't heard of this...but it sounds wonderful. Please send whatever info you have. Have a conserve Plus on left hio and need to do right but am putting it off as cannot afford to be out of work ...and this would be well worth the trial. Diane Batshaw Eisman M.D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 27, 2003 Report Share Posted August 27, 2003 Hi Alyce, I was diagnosed at first with AVN (very early stages of it)by mo OS here in Atlanta. In an attempt to get the femur to heal itself, I tried using a bone stimulator that sounds similar to what you were describing. It looked like a super hero's belt. (SUPER HIPPIE!!!) I wore it at least 3 hours every day for 6 mos. It didn't really help me. As it turned out, when Dr Gross did my resurfacing, he found no AVN. I had very bad OA and was bone on bone at the end. So ... this device did not stimulate new cartilage growth. I suspect it made my arthritis worse. But ... I postponed surgery 6 mos and that gave me time to discover this site!!! *Ü* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 27, 2003 Report Share Posted August 27, 2003 > I am wondering if any of you have heard of this > or know the doctors? > > I am not sure of the spelling . . . Drs: > Sysick (I have a 410 area code number for him) > Faust > Hungerford (who has developed prothetics for Striker and Homemedic) > Doctor Faust seems familiar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 27, 2003 Report Share Posted August 27, 2003 Thanks for your relpy. The name Biomed does sound like what my friend Bill was telling me. He has been wearing the device as long - all day if he can. Was your experience under a FDA Trial? Alyce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2003 Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 I've heard of bone stimulators to hasten healing with all kinds of bone breaks (esp. of bones in the foot). I don't know what the objective clinical evidence has shown, but I know of one woman whose foot refused to heal for 18 months and she claims the bone stimulator is what finally got her bones to knit back together properly. Another friend who used one on a broken ankle loaned his to me after my last surf, but it was a colossal hassle to use & figure out. I think the cord was too short, too, to use it while sleeping. I didn't think it did anything much good or bad, but who's to say? I have never, however, heard of any such thing that is supposed to regenerate lost cartilage. Is he sure that is one of its purported effects? I'd love to know what the science has shown on these, as they're extremely expensive (my pal wound up selling his on e-bay!) and their use by doctors seems so uneven. Best, Sheila > HI All > I have just hung up the phone with a friend who has a very bad hip but > is attempting avoid surgery. . . . . Bear with me here as I have a > sketchy picture as to what he is doing but try to follow this. Bill > (my friend) has been accepted into a clinical trial for a device that > works on electrical current to stimulate both bone & cartiledge > growth. He wears a device strapped to his hip area that cosists of > about a 6 " inch transmitter and I think he uses a gel with it. He > admits it is cumberson to wear. After success with knees the trial > has been turned to hips. The doctors behind this trial are associated > with s Hopkins. I am wondering if any of you have heard of this > or know the doctors? > > I am not sure of the spelling . . . Drs: > Sysick (I have a 410 area code number for him) > Faust > Hungerford (who has developed prothetics for Striker and Homemedic) > > I can get more info from Bill. . . . but has anyone heard of this?? > > I appreciate any postings back > Thanks > Alyce > C2K Wm Kenne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2003 Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 Alyce, Just checked the name of my device. It's made by Orthofix and it's a bone growth stimulator. I was not using it in a trial of any sort. They normally use one of these in cases where severe bone breaks are not healing as quickly as they should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2003 Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 Thanks :-) I'll post again as I learn more. Alyce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2003 Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 Sheila Thanks for your reply. I am going to talk with Bill again and see what else I can learn. I'll post when I have more. Alyce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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