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Bone Chips in Elbow

Joints & Arthritis
#1

Hello all!

I am having surgery after a wrestling season for 7 bone fragments in my elbow (some loose body, some bone spurs) causing locking, pain, and poor RoM. I had this surgery 14 years ago when the injury originally occurred and the surgeon could not get all of the bone chips out. I’ve been told I will need this surgery every 10-15 years as I have no cartilage in my elbow anymore and the bone in my joint will continue to grow bone spurs and eventually break off due to my continued athletic involvement of bjj and wrestling.

I plan on using my c5/m1 post surgery to speed up the internal healing process (it did wonders when I tore my LCL), but I was just wondering if anyone had any thoughts on whether or not continued use may cause bone spurs / chips (if the surgeon can’t remove all loose bodies) to calcify and grow at a quicker rate?

I hope this makes sense.

Thanks!

#2

I can’t comment on bone spur growth and C5 but I would say that organic castor oil packs applied and left on overnight on spurs/chips and done consistently over a period of time dissolve bone spurs, as per the statements in videos Barbara O’Neill has made about castor oil being a great healing aid.

I’ve got one on my knee and I’m going to give it a try. I hope this information may be of benefit to you.

#3

I had a botched surgery for a torn meniscus in my right knee. The surgeon took it on himself to “smooth” out the cartilage, something beyond his mandate.

This left me with almost no cartilage in the knee. Within a year I had constant pain and significant functional constraint due to bone-on-bone.

My GP and others who examined imaging a year following the surgery just said I needed a knee replacement.

I had an A9 and began using it every night all night on my right knee.
I didn’t have immediate results, but within a month I realized things hadn’t gotten worse so I stuck with the protocol.

After 6 months I realized things had gotten better.
After a year, my right knee felt better than my left knee.

Functionally I could do much more. Not everything I could do 20 years ago, e.g., heavy squats and dead lifts, sprinting, long runs, plyometrics, but I could get on with my life without feeling crippled by pain.

This so surprised my GP that he sent me for imaging and a consultation with an orthopedic surgeon.

This new surgeon had available imaging of my knee 1 year after the meniscus surgery and the new images.

She thought the dates on the images had gotten reversed.
I had regrowth of cartilage and not even a hint of needing a knee replacement.

PEMF works.
It may not work for everything.
It can take a lot of time and discipline.

Good luck.

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#4

Wow! I think it is wonderful you had cartilage grow AND also you took the time to share this update and enrich this community. Thank you.