CONSIDERING A KNEE OR JOINT REPLACEMENT?

Over one million joint replacements are performed in the U.S. each year and according to the Cleveland Clinic, over 85% of knee replacements need to be redone within 15 years. Since 2018 the Fraum Center for Restorative Health has been one of the only facilities in the United States, offering a non-surgical alternative to joint replacement that is Beyond Stem Cells™. This future of healthcare, cutting edge technology helps patients get back to living the life they love.

WHAT IS RESTORATIVE MEDICINE?

Restorative medicine involves using Human Cellular Tissue Products (HCTPs) to help the body heal itself. Through restorative medicine, damaged tissue in joints are supplemented with healthy structural tissue to provide an opportunity to restore from within.

KNEES, SHOULDERS, AND HIPS

Dr. Heather Hinshelwood MD has helped thousands of patients with knees, shoulders, hips and more. The procedure takes only 30 minutes and allows the patient to leave with a simple band-aid over the site.

RESULTS ORIENTED

Many patients experience a significant reduction in knee pain within 48 hours due to the reduced inflammation. With restorative medicine therapy, most patients feel maximum results within 10 to 12 weeks and up to 95% within 6 months.

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MARTINS from page 4SC courage Purple Martins to live in proximity, probably for insect control.

Twelve condos, each containing 12 “apartments” were put up in Sun City about 10 years ago by the bird club and have provided nesting for several hundred birds.

Purple Martins fear predators and won’t use condos when nearby trees exceed the condo’s height. This spring several condos were moved, as adjacent trees had grown too tall in the condos’ original locations. ‘Scouts,’ adult males looking for suitable nesting, have already been sighted at a couple of the new locations.

Purple Martins begin nest building around four to six weeks after they arrive. They typically build their nests out of straw, twigs and pine needles with a mud dam in the front of the nest. The final step is to line the bowl-shaped nest with green leaves. Nest building can take both parents three to four weeks to complete.

The female lays one egg per day, for a total of two to eight pure white eggs. Only the female can incubate the eggs because they have a brood patch, a featherless area rich in blood vessels that transfers heat to the eggs. Incubation typically lasts 15 to 16 days, with hatching spread out over two or three days. The young will fledge between 26 and 32 days after hatching and can receive care from both parents between one to two weeks after fledging.

Purple Martins exist only in the Americas, spending their winters in northern and central South America. They migrate to the eastern, midwestern and southwestern United States and southern Canada to breed.

The bird club is seeking monitors for a few of the locations. Monitoring entails keeping an eye on activity while the birds are in our area, from March through July, before migrating to South America for the winter.

Monitors also work with the club to lower and clean the condos in the fall and raise them in late winter. Condos are kept lowered during hurricane season.

Condos can also be found behind several private homes throughout Sun City. The Bird Club doesn’t keep condos in stock but will be happy to work with anyone interested in hosting these beloved songbirds. Email schhbirdclub@gmail.com for more information about monitoring, or about hosting Purple Martins with a condo of your owb.

David W. Smith is a member of the Lowcountry Environmental Action group.