Dr. Joshua John-Ram SchacterDr. Joshua Schacter, DO FAAOS, is America’s Holistic Orthopedic Surgeon, with nearly two decades of surgical expertise.

Knee Pain Relief Regenerative Medicine for Under Kneecap Pain

18 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this video Dr. Joshua John‑Ram Schacter explains the condition commonly referred to as anterior (under‑the‑kneecap) knee pain. He describes how patients typically experience pain when rising from a chair, climbing stairs, or walking on uneven surfaces, and attributes these symptoms to damage of the cartilage beneath the patella, resulting in inflammation and swelling. Dr. Schacter then outlines regenerative‑medicine approaches that can address this problem, including the use of the patient’s own blood to create platelet‑rich plasma (PRP), stem‑cell therapies, prolotherapy, and ozone therapy, noting that these modalities are often combined to promote healing and pain relief.

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Now the final part of the knee is actually under the kneecap. This is a portion that oftentimes is damaged with arthritis. Most of the time when a patient's rising from a chair, when you're climbing stairs and having pain in the front of your knee, or even walking on an uneven surface, that can be coming from the area under your kneecap. What we see there oftentimes is the cartilage will be damaged, it will become inflamed, and will cause the knee to swell and be painful. And this This particular area is very well treated with regenerative medicine. We'll oftentimes combine approaches using your blood to create PRP, or platelet-rich plasma, or even applying stem cell therapies, prolotherapy, ozone therapy. There's a lot of things that we can do there.