Joint Regeneration Health and Wellness shares tips for knee pain relief without surgery

Michael Bannister, owner of Joint Regeneration Group, says there are ways to prevent knee surgery.

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Joint Regeneration Health and Wellness offers non-surgical treatments for knee pain, aiming to help patients avoid surgery through advanced therapies, according to owner Michael Bannister.

Bannister, who owns Joint Regeneration Group, said the practice has treated more than 4,000 patients over the past four years.

The primary treatment offered is viscosupplementation, a procedure that involves injecting hyaluronic acid directly into the knee joint to treat osteoarthritis.

“We do these injections very easily,” Bannister said. “Sometimes folks don’t even feel it.”

The clinic also offers platelet-rich plasma therapy, which involves using a patient’s own platelets and injecting them into the body to promote healing.

In addition, they use Class IV deep tissue laser therapy to address other types of pain. This high-powered laser treatment penetrates deep into tissues to stimulate cellular activity, reduce inflammation, relieve pain, and accelerate healing.

“What I tell people is that you have an obligation to yourself to do everything you can do to prevent surgery,” Bannister said.

Joint Regeneration Health and Wellness will be at the 41NBC Health & Senior Expo on June 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Houston County Galleria.