Thursday, February 12, 2015

Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis (PVNS)

An interesting article about PVNS aka Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor can be found on Orthopaedics One.  Apparently trauma and infection don't precipitate PVNS, but they did find  that an over-expression of M-CSF plays a pathogenic role in PVNS.

Half of the patients are under the age of 40.


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  1. Im a college football player who suffered from pvns in my left knee. I had to get surgery for it back in 2015 summer right before playing at North Carolina Wesleyan College. I went through physical therapy and lots if athletic training at my college. My knee was stiff and i played well during the season with a weak knee plus scar tissue. Sadly few months later after i transfered from the school,it came back. It was cracking everytime i do a hamstring curl or kick my knee back real fast. I got a cortizone shot and the doctor said itll bring the inflammation down. So now im planning to play ball at a Division 2 program and fight this pvns. GOOD THING is that the 100% Pure Essential oil Frankincense Boswellia carterii i used has help immediately with fighting the inflammation and hopefully bringing the cyst down. I also take glucosamine, chondroitin, msm, and hyaluronic acid all in a pill plus tumeric to help fight this. Plus lots and lots of stretching and foam rolling my knee to fight the stiffness. I will definitely make a video soon. To show and tell everyone the progress. There is hope. Dont give up and trust in God.

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