[NEW YORK] knee is one of the body's largest and most complex joints. There are many reasons that cause knee pain, such as the scope of trauma, certain diseases including knee injury, acute supportive knee arthritis, chronic synovitis, rheumatoid arthritis, rickets patella, patellar bursitis before, osteomyelitis, tuberculosis of the knee, osteonecrosis and bone tumors, etc. But the most common is osteoarthritis of the knee.  It is a common chronic degenerative joint disease, also known as hypertrophic arthritis of the knee or the knee senile. Clinically, it commonly occurs to the group of the old age, more frequently on female than male. According to statistics, among the group over 65 years old, at least more than half of the people have degraded changes in the X-rays. The main symptoms are typical symptoms of degenerative arthritis of the knee in patients. They often complain of knee pain, joint deformity, larger, thicker, and even swelling, and sometimes their knees generate noise, range of motion is limited when they are exercising the joints. The most common complaint of patients is that they are unable to squat, especially when they go up and down stairs). Patients often feel uncomfortable the moment they stand up. Although it can be improved after they consistently do exercises, the symptoms will come back and become more obvious due to the over exercising and too long standing, even cause the serious problem for walking.

Dr. Decheng Chen, a licensed acupuncturists of NY state and MD (Acupuncture), has the Western academic background and bachelor's, master's and doctor’s degree. He has more than 11 years of formal medical education and nearly 30 years of clinical experience. As an acupuncture famous scientist Professor Qiu Maoliang doctoral students, he graduated from Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and was former deputy director of the Beijing Academy of Traditional Chinese physicians. He has published "Chinese acupuncture point therapy alone" and other 15 monographs and hundreds of articles. He has visited Egypt on behalf of the country to provide the treatment of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

On December 20, 2004, two institutions under the US National Institutes of Health clinical trials proved that traditional Chinese acupuncture can relieve pain and improve knee function of patients with arthritis. Complementary and Alternative Medicine of the National Research Center, Dr. Stephen Winslow said, this is the largest and longest, and the strictest test of acupuncture and Chinese acupuncture treatment can become a new means to cure the arthritis.

Dr. Decheng Chen applies acupuncture with external traditional Chinese medicine treatment of knee pain and has achieved significant effects. A lady, aged 56, who has been a dancer when she was young, has suffered from knee pain more than 10 years. Over the past year, the situation got worse due to fatigue and over exercise, which limited the normal motion. She even cannot walk normally when she walks up and down stairs and squat. She had to take painkillers regularly.  Due to the side effects of painkillers, it often cause stomach pain, loss of appetite, swelling of the right knee, the medial and lateral joint space tenderness or percussion pain; friction joints snapping sound; joint contractures, thigh quadriceps slight atrophy. Western diagnosis called it "osteoarthritis" and surgery is recommended. She decided to try acupuncture before operating the surgery. After the first treatment, she felt not so painful than before.  She found the pain obviously relieved after 5 treatments.  After 10 treatments, her knees greatly improved and she can exercise more flexibly. Later, she cancelled the appointment of surgery.  After 25 treatments all symptoms disappear completely.

Dr. Decheng Chen pointed out, the application of acupuncture and external use of medicine treatment is the most effective and safe way to cure the knee pain and has no side effects. The unique acupuncture technique can increase the circulation of blood and lubricate the joints, then achieve the maintenance of the knee. The external use of medicine can maintain the lasting effect. Acupuncture cannot change the proliferation of bone, but improve the blood circulation around the joint, eliminate the inflammation, relieve pain, increase the flexibility of joint so that to maintain normal physiological function.
In addition to the treatment of knee pain, Dr. Decheng Chen also provided the treatment of facial paralysis, neck, shoulders, waist, and other kinds of pain, gastrointestinal disease, prostate disease, urinary incontinence, difficulty urinating, diabetes, numbness in the hands, cough asthma, menstrual, menopausal gynecological inflammation, women infertility, dizziness, tinnitus, cancer, eczema and hay fever and other diseases. Acupuncture also has unique treatment of acne, warts, alopecia, vitiligo, wrinkles, and facial elasticity.

Dr. Decheng Medical Center accepts United Health Care, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Aetna, Oxford, and the first health insurance card for elderly.

Dr. Decheng Chen’s Medical Center Address:
Midtown Manhattan: 161 Madison Ave suite 2N (between 32/33 Street). New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212-564-3324
Long Island: 1334 5th Ave, New Hyde Park, NY 11040
Website www.acupunctureland.com