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Q: When did your knee pain start? A: I’ve had problems with my knee ever since high school. I waited until I was 61 years old to treat it. I got my first knee replaced and I was walking about a mile a day after a few months of therapy until a few years ago when I tripped and fell down the basement stairs. When I did, I bent my whole right leg back and it never did feel much better. I currently have both knees replaced. Q: What did you previously use to treat the pain? A: I’ve had…

Q: When did your knee pain start? A: It started 22 years ago after a brutal knee injury. I had a bump in my knee and I went for two arthroscopic surgeries. They did a lot of work to clear the arthritis out, but they couldn’t do it. They had to scrape my patella and take part of my meniscus out. Q: What did you previously use to treat the pain? A: I went to physical therapy and when it didn’t work, I went through arthroscopic surgery. They were giving me painkillers and I was allergic to that. I’ve had…

Article by: Henry Breimhurst Twin Cities Business March 15, 2013 5:00am  38, President and CEO, OrthoCor Medical Inc. John Dinusson isn’t a doctor, and he doesn’t play one on TV. But the president of Minneapolis-based med-tech companyOrthoCor Medical Inc. is a smart and relentless businessman whose ability to oversee the development and marketing of a knee-pain-relief device has the company off and running. It was Dinusson’s ability to get the OrthoCor Active Knee System into the hands of NBC’s Dr. Oz — who both is a doctor AND plays one on TV — that helped gain the device national attention, which led…

Q: When did your knee pain start? A: After many years of racquetball I developed problems with my meniscus. It finally got to a point where I could not play anymore. I was told by my doctor that someday I may need knee replacement but in the meantime I looked for options so I did not have to take drastic measures. Q: What did you previously use to treat the pain? A: I tried supplements and wraps, but that was not successful. I had Synovial fluid put into my left knee. The injection cost me $800 out of pocket. I…

Q: When did your knee pain start? A: It started about 5 years ago. I had arthroscopic surgery. My doctor said if I continued to have pain, I would have to get a replacement and of course that’s what I’m trying to avoid. Q: What did you previously use to treat the pain? A: I have physical therapy on my knee and body massages. I take Aleve twice a day. I tried putting heat and cold. Everything helps a little. Q: How has the pain affected your daily life? A: It’s hard to walk for any length of time. You…

Q: When did your knee pain start? A: I was former high school and college athlete. My area of athletics was gymnastics, which is very hard on a lot of joints. I also snow ski. A year ago my orthopedic surgeon went in an cleaned out the debris from the damage that I incurred. I have never had surgery on my right knee but I do have occasional right knee pain. Q: What did you previously use to treat the pain? A: Celebrex I take all the time. The knee pain is still there in spite of Celebrex. I no…

Q: When did your knee pain start? A: I was injured in the Fall of 2010 and I decided to take the conservative way and not get knee surgery. Q: What did you previously use to treat the pain? A: I wasn’t using any other treatments aside from wrapping up my knee in a bandage. It relieved the pain in the short term and it helped to stabilized my joints. Q: How has the pain affected your daily life? A: The pain was terrible, I didn’t exercise for months and the pain affected all aspects of my life. Q: How has…

Q: When did your knee pain start? A: It was a while back. St. Croix Orthopedics took an x-ray and it showed I didn’t have any cartilage in the knee. It’s very painful. Its like bone rubbing on bone. Q: What did you previously use to treat the pain? A: With my mother she had cortisone shots. They thought the cortisone shot would work because it worked for my mother. I tried the Cortisone shot and all it did was make it hurt more. Cortisone shots don’t work for me. My mother did surgery when she was 88 and ended up…

Q: When did your knee pain start? A: I had an OATS (Osteochondral Allograft Transplant Surgery) procedure performed a little less than a year ago. With this surgery there has been a lot of inflammation, and the pain is mainly due to that inflammation. I just started using the OrthoCor System about a month and a half ago about 6 weeks. Q: What did you previously use to treat the pain? A: My previous protocol has been icing my knee a handful of times throughout the day and using a lot of NSAIDS usually about 1500-2400mg of ibuprofen. I was…

Q: When did your knee pain start? A:  I was jumping on a trampoline when I blew it out. I am 27 so a little over ten years ago I started having problems. In the last year it has gotten worse. I have had six surgeries and will be having my seventh in May. The OrthoCor Active Knee System has helped a lot. Q: What did you previously use to treat the pain? A: Previously, I used pain medication; I’m allergic to all NSAIDs, I can’t take ibuprofen and I can’t use any of the creams they have out there…