Chondrocyte Compression: Nourishing Cartilage Through Rhythmic Physical Motion

When joint pain strikes, our immediate instinct is to stop moving. We rest, assuming the tissue needs stillness to heal. For human cartilage, however, absolute stillness is a death sentence. Unlike almost every other tissue in the body, articular cartilage is avascular it contains absolutely no blood vessels. Therefore, it cannot receive oxygen and nutrients through passive circulation. The cell...