For fifty years, the medical "solution" for joint pain has been a cortisone shot. It is quick, covered by insurance, and feels great for about three weeks. It is also one of the most destructive things you can do to your body.

The "Fire Extinguisher" Analogy:

Imagine your house is on fire. A steroid shot is a fire extinguisher—it puts out the flames of inflammation. However, the chemicals in that extinguisher are so corrosive that they melt the wooden studs and steel beams of the house. You’ve stopped the fire, but your house is now structurally unsound.

What is Chondrotoxicity?

In clinical terms, corticosteroids are Chondrotoxic. This means they are literally poisonous to your chondrocytes - the cells that maintain your cartilage.

• One injection can cause measurable cartilage loss within months.
• Multiple injections create a "toxic soil" in your joint, making it nearly impossible for regenerative treatments to work later.

At OMLM, we use ProMatrix, which contains IL-1Ra (Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist). This is nature’s fire extinguisher. It shuts down the "inflammatory fire" of osteoarthritis without melting the cartilage studs.