Hi my friends and supporters! ❤️‍

This Sunday I’m having another knee surgery - in fact both knees this time.

In February I had surgery on my left knee. I had bone fragments and bone cysts removed, as well as a clean-up/polish of the backside of my kneecap. It made my knee function better, but the reality is that this damage was due to cartilage loss. My cartilage is worn so thin that I’m walking and training with a joint that’s bone on bone. Yes I’m still training as I think it’s important to remain active, but my weights are limited to body weight or max 20LBS weights. To be able to compete as a Pro I need well functioning knees that I can load. I’m hoping with this new treatment to be able to regrow my cartilage and step on stage next year. I don’t just need this surgery to compete, but to be able to live a pain free and mobile life for many years

Surgeries are expensive and I do not have Health insurance. If you’re in the position to help I’d appreciate it. If all my followers donates $10 cents I would be able to pay off all the surgeries. Food for thought. Every gesture matters ❤️

THIS is happening on Sunday:

“Newest method: Use of collagen for cartilage damage

Collagen is found in all structures of the human body. As a protein, it is the main component of skin, tendons, and cartilage. To repair a cartilage defect, we use a highly pure biological collagen gel that was developed for the therapy of cartilage damage at the Frauenhofer Institute. This gel only needs to be applied to the defect through a minimally invasive procedure. Over the next few weeks, cartilage induction occurs, which means that the surrounding cartilage cells grow into this gel. That's why I like to describe it as fertilizer. The clear advantage of the gel is that the implant does not have to be cut to size but adapts completely to the defect. Existing studies show that there is regeneration of the cartilage after a short time. In our own observations, we can confirm this in control MRI examinations after 8 months.

The advantage over all previous cartilage regenerative measures is that the original cartilage is created again. The patient gets fully resilient cartilage again without the use of foreign materials.

In the case of cartilage induction with the gel described above, it is the case that a single arthroscopy is completely sufficient, as it is possible to reach and treat all defects with this procedure.

With our procedure, it is possible to heal most cartilage defects and thus prevent a prosthesis. And this up to a 4th degree cartilage damage.”

more information:

https://www.arthro-prax.de

THANK YOU and a WARM HUG

Helle Trevino ❤️