Hope for Runners

What is the most common bane of all runners? Knee pain or what is commonly known as Runner's Knee.

Previously, in the bad old days, this means a total knee replacement for the serious case an thereafter kiss running goodbye. Nowadays, can just do knee arthroscopy so running can still continue albeit after a short recovery break but now there is hope!

Parkway Health Group is partnering an Australian biotechnology company to test a new stem cell therapy which promises 1 injection to cure knee problems.

According to the report, "Dr Lim Cheok Peng, managing director, group president and chief executive of Parkway Holdings Limited, said the trial is “new medical paradigm” aimed at “regenerating and rebuilding damaged tissues to address the underlying problem".

A ParkwayHealth spokesman said there have been no reported side effects from the stem cell injection “to the best of our knowledge today, and from the extensive studies conducted by Mesoblast”.

So how about that. A runner's dream come true?

Read the article here.