There’s relief at hand for Australia’s 1.85 million Osteoarthritis sufferers.

Instead of undertaking the often reluctant road to surgery, patients have an alternative option to manage their pain by simply having an injection consisting of chicken combs, lasting up to 12 months.

The substance found in chicken combs is very similar to the body’s natural synovial fluid – the essential fluid responsible for lubrication and shock absorption for our joints. Often patients with Osteoarthritis are suffering so badly as there is either no fluid present in the joints or, the fluid is of such poor quality that their bones are grating against each other – both causing significant pain.

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