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KNEE ANATOMY

Your knee is the largest joint in your body, and when it's healthy, it moves easily and has good flexibility. The healthy knee lets us walk, turn and squat without any pain. The network of bones, muscles, ligaments, tendons, cartilage and other soft tissues in your knee all work together to provide your body with both stability and mobility.

Knee pain can be a result of natural aging and breakdown of knee components. Pain can also come from overuse during high-impact activities and sports, or from acute injuries due to falls and missed footing.

Below is a Knee Pain Simulator to learn more about the components of your knee and possible reasons for your knee pain.

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

ORTHOVISC® is indicated in the treatment of pain in osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee in patients who have failed to respond adequately to conservative nonpharmacologic therapy and to simple analgesics, e.g. acetaminophen. In clinical studies, the most commonly reported adverse events were arthralgia, back pain, and headache. Other side effects included local injection site adverse events.

ORTHOVISC® is contraindicated in patients with known hypersensitivity to hyaluronate formulations or known hypersensitivity (allergy) to gram positive bacterial proteins. ORTHOVISC® should not be injected in patients with infections or skin diseases in the area of the injection site or joint. Strict aseptic technique should be used. The effectiveness of more than 1 course has not been established.

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