01 · Regenerative first
Regenerative medicine
When your exam supports it, regenerative therapies may be part of an arthritis plan, given by our nurse practitioner.
About regenerative medicine
Arthritis pain in Redmond, OR
Keep your knees and hips in the game.
Stiff knees in the morning, a hip that aches after a walk, a joint that swells after a busy day. We explain what your exam shows and which options fit.
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- Non-surgical care
- Guided rehab in the clinic
- The joint rejuvenation protocol
The short answer
Osteoarthritis, the most common type of arthritis, happens when cartilage and other tissue in a joint break down over time. It brings pain with use, stiffness after rest and sometimes swelling, most often in the knees, hips, hands, neck and low back. At our clinic in Redmond, arthritis care is planned after an exam.
Is a joint changing what you do?
Arthritis usually arrives slowly. A knee that needs a minute on the stairs, a hip that tightens on the drive home, a game you cut short because the joint swelled the last time.
What can a plan include?
Your exam decides whether regenerative care for arthritis belongs in your plan. Guided exercise and the clinic's joint rejuvenation protocol are other options your provider can explain.
What is going on
What arthritis does to a joint
Arthritis is a group of joint conditions. The most common is osteoarthritis, in which cartilage and the tissue around it break down gradually, bringing pain with activity and a short spell of stiffness after rest.
What is actually happening
Wear begins
Cartilage and other joint tissue change and begin to break down.
The joint stiffens
It loses some of its smooth movement and can swell after use.
Support weakens
Pain and stiffness make you move less, and the muscles that support the joint weaken.
Who this usually affects
- Knees and hips that ache after golf, hiking or pickleball
- Joints with an old injury or surgery behind them
- Anyone carrying extra weight on sore knees
- People with arthritis in the family
When it is something else
- A joint injury from the last few days, which needs its own exam first
- Joint pain after a recent fall, which needs imaging first
- Many painful joints at once, with other unexplained symptoms
Note
Your provider may use digital X-rays to see the joint and goes over them with you.
Guided rehab begins with a functional evaluation, so your provider can compare how you move as the plan goes on.
Is this what you feel?
Signs of arthritis
Arthritis often starts in one or two joints and builds slowly.
Your list
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Bring your list to the evaluation; it helps us start in the right place.
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Where it hurts: the joints
Why it happens
What raises your risk
Several things make osteoarthritis more likely, and some of them you can change.
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Changes inside the joint
Cartilage and other tissue in the joint change in structure and break down, usually gradually over many years. Once that process starts, the joint can stiffen and lose some of its range.
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An old injury or surgery
A torn ligament, a fracture or surgery on a joint years ago raises the chance of arthritis in that same joint later. Younger people who get osteoarthritis often trace it to an injury.
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Extra body weight
Being overweight adds load to the knees and hips with every step. Losing weight can reduce pain, protect the joint from further injury and make it easier to move.
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Repetitive use
Repeating the same joint movement over many years, at work or in a sport, is a known risk factor. Golf, pickleball and long hikes all repeat the same motions through the knees and hips.
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Family history and joint shape
Arthritis can run in families, and joints that did not form correctly are more likely to develop it. Tell your provider about any family history at your first visit.
How we treat it
Arthritis care in Redmond
Arthritis care at our clinic follows an exam of the joint and how you move. A plan can combine guided exercise, regenerative care such as PRP and the joint rejuvenation protocol.
- 02PRP injections
Platelet-rich plasma is prepared from your own blood in our centrifuge, then injected where your plan calls for it.
- 03Joint rejuvenation protocol
A sequenced, non-surgical combination of regenerative injections, focused shockwave and retraining exercises in one plan.
- 04Guided rehab
Range-of-motion and strengthening work for the muscles that support an arthritic knee or hip.
Regenerative therapies are not a cure and results vary. Some biologic products discussed here are not FDA approved for this use. Your provider will review options, risks and costs with you.
What to expect
Living with arthritis
Arthritis is long term, so the aim is a plan you can keep up.
- Your first visit
A joint exam, a look at how you move, and X-rays when they help your provider see the joint.
- The first weeks
Settle the flare and start the exercises and treatments your plan includes.
- Building strength
Coached sessions in the clinic, with exercises to do at home on the days between.
- Keeping it up
Regular low-impact activity and the home program become part of your week.
How your joint responds depends on how far the arthritis has gone, your general health and how steadily you keep moving.
Can it wait?
When a sore joint needs prompt care
Do not wait
Get urgent care today if
- A fever that is not from the flu, with joint pain
- Losing 10 pounds or more without trying
- Severe, unexplained joint pain and swelling
- A joint that looks out of place after a fall
- You cannot put weight on the leg after an injury
Go to urgent care or an emergency room, or call 911.
While it settles
During a flare-up
See a medical provider promptly for any of these. Joint pain that lasts more than several days is also worth an exam.
Cost and payment
Paying for arthritis care
- Your care
Prices are not posted online.
What you pay depends on the treatments your plan combines and how many visits it takes.
- Pay over time
- Costs are reviewed with you at your consultation, and financing is available through Cherry.
How patients rate the clinic
5.0 from 216 Google reviews
Who you will see
Your arthritis care team
The clinic's founding chiropractor leads arthritis care here, with injections given by our nurse practitioner. Joint injections are guided by ultrasound. Medical assistants coach the exercises that keep a stiff joint moving.
Dr. Kent Rookstool, DC, Doctor of Chiropractic and founder · Summerlyn Ellis, FNP-C, Family Nurse Practitioner
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North county drive times
Terrebonne is about 11 minutes from the clinic, and Crooked River Ranch about 28 minutes.
1020 SW Indian Ave Ste 100, Redmond, OR 97756 · (541) 923-6024
Mon to Thu 9 AM to 6 PM
- TerrebonneHighway 97 · 6.5 mi11min
- Crooked River RanchHighway 97 · 15.6 mi28min
- BendHighway 97 · 16.6 mi24min
- SistersHighway 126 · 19.6 mi30min
- MadrasHighway 97 · 29.8 mi48min
Your first visit
Schedule Your Arthritis Evaluation
Share a brief note about where it hurts, what sets it off and how long it has been going on. We will evaluate your symptoms, discuss your goals, and explain which options may fit.
Request a time
Call (541) 923-6024. Mornings or afternoons, Monday to Thursday.
Understand what is driving it
We look at how your pain behaves, what movements trigger it, and what tissues may be involved.
A clear plan
We walk you through what we find in plain language and outline next steps that match your goals.
- Pay over time
- Cherry financing. No hard credit checks.
- No referral
- No referral is needed.
- Hours
- Mon to Thu 9 AM to 6 PM
What are the treatment options for stage 4 knee arthritis?
When joint damage is extensive and other treatments are not helping, the National Institutes of Health lists surgery, including partial or total knee replacement, as an option. We perform no surgery, so a replacement would be done by an orthopedic surgeon.
Your evaluation shows what a non-surgical plan can include for your knee.
How to stay healthy with arthritis?
The CDC names five self-care steps for arthritis. Three of them are about your body: be active, keep a healthy weight and protect your joints from injury. The CDC's activity target is 150 minutes a week, which can be broken into 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week. Walking, cycling and swimming are easier on sore joints.
What's the worst enemy of arthritis?
There is no single one, though inactivity and extra body weight both work against your joints. Moving less lets the muscles that support a joint weaken, and extra weight adds load to your knees and hips with every step. Both can change, and regular low-impact activity helps with each.
Do knee braces help with arthritis?
A brace fitted by a health care professional can help steady a knee with osteoarthritis, and shoe inserts can lower the pressure on a sore joint when you stand or walk. We fit knee braces in the clinic, including unloader-style braces for knee arthritis and custom knee bracing, when your exam shows a brace makes sense for you.
Is heat or cold better for arthritis pain?
Each has its use. Heat increases blood flow, flexibility and your tolerance for pain, which suits a stiff joint first thing in the morning. Cold numbs the nerves around the joint and may relieve inflammation, which suits a joint that is sore and swollen after a busy day.
Advanced Pain Solutions
Start with how your joints feel today.
One visit to see where your knees and hips stand.
Mon to Thu 9 AM to 6 PM · 1020 SW Indian Ave Ste 100, Redmond