Diagnosis first
Find what is actually driving the pain, joint, soft tissue, mechanics, before anyone chooses a treatment.
Free Live Seminar
Thu, July 16 · 6:00 PM · Cedar Rapids, IA
A doctor glanced at an x-ray and said two words.
“Bone on bone.” And suddenly everyone wants to replace your knee.
a label, not a verdict.
It’s ached for a year or two. The shots don’t hold like they used to. Then they pointed at a gray gap on a screen and started talking about replacement surgery like it’s the only door left.
Here’s what that visit skipped. An ugly x-ray and your actual pain don’t always match. And replacing the joint isn’t the only path worth understanding before you let anyone operate.
Thu, July 16 / 6:00 PM / PRM Clinic, Cedar Rapids /
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Read this if a doctor has said “replacement”
You wanted your knee looked at. You walked out scheduled for a saw.
You know the appointment. Fifteen minutes. A quick x-ray. A doctor pointing at a gray gap on a screen, saying it’s bone on bone, it’s just age, and eventually you’ll need the joint replaced.
Nobody asked what you can no longer do. Nobody pressed on the soft tissue around the joint. Nobody mentioned anything between a cortisone shot and major surgery, as if there’s nothing in the middle.
So you went home and started building your life around the pain. You cut out the walks. You take the stairs one at a time. You ice it at night and hope it isn’t as bad as they made it sound.
Here’s the part that should make you a little angry. For a lot of people, it isn’t as bad as they made it sound.
The thing nobody explained
“Bone on bone” is a label. It isn’t the whole reason you hurt.
The picture on the x-ray and the pain in your body are often two different stories. Plenty of people have rough-looking joints on film and barely any pain. Plenty of others hurt from soft tissue, mechanics, and inflammation an x-ray barely shows.
The cartilage gap is one piece of the picture. It was never the entire diagnosis. And if the joint was never fully examined, then “you need a replacement” was a guess dressed up as a verdict.
Options that use your own cells
How regenerative approaches differ from a cortisone shot that fades, and from a replacement you cannot undo.
Understand before you operate
The questions worth asking, and how to tell whether you may even be a candidate, before anything permanent.
Find out what’s really driving your pain.
One free hour with Dr. Kim. Thursday, July 16, 2026 · 6:00 PM · Cedar Rapids.
One hour. Here’s what you get.
What you’ll walk out knowing.
- Why an x-ray that says “bone on bone” doesn’t automatically mean the joint has to be replaced.
- The exact questions to ask before you ever agree to a replacement.
- What’s really driving knee, hip, and shoulder pain, beyond “it’s just age.”
- What regenerative medicine using your own cells can and can’t do, in plain English.
- How PRM decides whether someone may even be a candidate.
- What to do next if you want a real look at your specific joint.
Your speaker
Who’s teaching
The doctor that other doctors fly in to learn from.
Dr. Sunny Kim founded Progressive Rehabilitation Medicine here in Cedar Rapids in 2005. He’s an early pioneer in regenerative medicine and has lectured around the country teaching physicians how to do this work. This isn’t a slick presenter reading someone else’s slides. It’s the person other clinics send their doctors to learn from, answering your questions for an hour, for free.
- Board certified, American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Founded Progressive Rehabilitation Medicine, Cedar Rapids, 2005
- Early pioneer in regenerative medicine
- Has lectured across the country teaching physicians
Cornell University · Rutgers New Jersey Medical School · PM&R residency, Rutgers / Kessler Institute
Real PRM patients
People who were told the same thing you were told.
“Haven’t been able to walk without knee pain for 10+ years, until I met Dr. Kim.”
“I now rate my improvement at 95% after one year, and without surgery.”
“Now I have almost no pain, and I don’t need any pain medication.”
“The whole-body pain went from a 9 down to a 1.”
Individual results vary. These are individual patient experiences, not a promise of results.
Why this matters
This isn’t about your x-ray. It’s about the next twenty years of walking.
The walks. The stairs. The course. Keeping up with the grandkids. The whole point of understanding your options now is simple: you get to keep doing the things that make a life. Come find out what’s still on the table.
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The catch (there isn’t one)
It’s free, it’s one hour, and nobody’s going to corner you.
This is an educational seminar, not a sales pitch. You won’t be pressured. You won’t be embarrassed. You won’t be asked to decide anything that night.
Come, listen, ask hard questions, take your notes, and go home. If what you hear makes you want a closer look at your own joint, the office will tell you how. If not, you’ve spent one free hour getting smarter about your own body. That’s the whole deal.
Come if this is you
- You’ve been told you’re “bone on bone,” or that you’ll need a replacement someday.
- Knee, hip, or shoulder pain that’s dragged on for months while the shots wear off.
- You want to stay active and you’re not ready to be cut on.
- You’ve wondered about stem cells but can’t tell what’s real.
If you just want straight answers from a real physician, you’re welcome too.
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At the PRM clinic in northeast Cedar Rapids · easy parking
Free Knee, Hip & Shoulder Pain Seminar
Thursday, July 16, 2026 · 6:00 PM Cedar Rapids, IA
Free admission — no cost, no obligation
This is an educational event, not a sales pitch
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