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iliotibial band syndrome11 Aug 2026

Why the Side of Your Knee Hurts Going Downstairs

The IT band compresses behind the knee's outer bony point at 30 degrees of knee flexion—the angle each stair descent passes through—under eccentric loading of 3.5 times your body weight.

John Davies

ACI / MACI / STACI11 Aug 2026

Who Qualifies for MACI Knee Surgery

MACI addresses focal, full-thickness cartilage defects of 3–10 cm² in patients typically under 40; success depends on candidate selection as much as surgical technique.

John Davies

ChondroFiller11 Aug 2026

ChondroFiller vs gel injections for knee pain

Hyaluronic acid gel lubricates the joint for three to six months; ChondroFiller scaffolds focal cartilage lesions with a collagen matrix that recruits the body's repair cells, with benefit extending over years.

John Davies

Cartilage Repair10 Aug 2026

Tibial osteotomy combined with cartilage repair

Repairing cartilage without correcting knee misalignment leaves excess load on the repair site, disrupting regeneration; high tibial osteotomy corrects the mechanical problem and restores the conditions for repair to succeed.

John Davies

knee pain10 Aug 2026

Why Does My Knee Hurt Going Downstairs?

Descending stairs compresses the kneecap with up to 3.5 times body weight per step, because the quadriceps must brake the descent — a load that ascending stairs does not produce.

John Davies

ChondroFiller10 Aug 2026

How long ChondroFiller results last

ChondroFiller achieves lasting pain relief and improved joint function for three to five years not because the scaffold persists, but because it dissolves whilst stimulating the patient's own progenitor cells to form replacement cartilage-like tissue.

John Davies

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