Collagen + viola
Sterile vials
Intended use
- Improve movement of the small joints of hand, foot and ankle.
- Help muscle stretching.
- Help to support the muscle tissue.
- Soothe local pain and pain caused by joint movement.
Directions
Therapeutic protocol: 1 treatment weekly for 10 consecutive weeks.
Periarticular injection technique (the site of application must be aseptic; insert the needle near the sacroiliac joint at 2-4 mm depth)
For this purpose the use of the following materials and accessories is recommended:
- Materials for aseptic skin preparation: single-use gloves, iodine solution, alcohol solution, sterile gauze pads, ethyl chloride spray for the skin.
- Needles: sterile 27 G.
- Syringes: 5 or 10 cc size, according to the volume of the solution to inject.
Intraarticular injection technique
For this purpose the use of the following materials and accessories is recommended:
- Materials for aseptic skin preparation: single-use gloves, iodine solution, alcohol solution, sterile gauze pads, ethyl chloride spray for the skin. The application of a topical anaesthetic on the skin area to be treated is recommended.
- Needles: sterile 22 G.
- Syringes: 2 cc size, according to the volume of the solution to inject.
Ankle – Intraarticular approach
Medial approach. A 22 G needle is placed about 4 cm proximal and lateral to the distal end of the medial malleolus. The flexor hallucis longus tendon is just lateral to this point. The needle is directed 45 degrees posteriorly, slightly upward, and laterally.
Lateral approach. A 22 G needle is placed about 1 cm proximal and medial to the distal end of the lateral malleolus. The needle should be inserted 45 degrees posteriorly, slightly upward.
Instructions and possible combinations
MD-SMALL JOINTS may be used as a single treatment or mixed with other medical devices of the same range, in order to make a customised treatment according to clinical evolution.
When a supportive treatment is needed for acute pain, MD-SMALL JOINTS can be associated with MD-NEURAL, MD-POLY and MD-MUSCLE (together with one or more than one of these).
Moreover, when a supportive treatment is needed for the connective tissue matrix or when the physiological aging process should be slowed down, MD-SMALL JOINTS can be associated with MD-MATRIX and MD-TISSUE.
It may also be used as mechanical support while treating the following diseases:
- Osteoarthritis of the fingers
- Rhizoarthrosis of the thumb (Forestier disease)
- Arthrosis pain due to hammer toe
- Carpal-tunnel syndrome (in association with MD-NEURAL)
- De Quervain disease (in association with MD-NEURAL)
- Metatarsal pain
- Metatarsal pain accompanied by Morton’s neuroma (in association with MD-NEURAL)
- Rheumatoid arthritis of the hand/foot (in association with MD-POLY)
- Hand/Foot tendon pain due to prolonged immobilisation.
Product link: https://urenus.com/en-us/products/md-small-joints-pack-of-10-ampoules-of-2ml