New Research – PRP for Hair Growth and Restoration
The application of blood platelets for hair restoration is sometimes difficult to understand in the context of the many hair restoration products available. At our Institute we like to present the science to show you theoretically how this works at the cellular and molecular level. This science comes from leading research institutes and publications. This […]
Stem Cell Therapy for Thumb Osteoarthritis
A significant number of individuals who reach out to our office in search of treatment for thumb pain have previously undergone a lengthy series of treatments with minimal success. Indeed, many will admit that their physicians are now suggesting pain management strategies (such as anti-inflammatories and painkillers) as their main course of action, given that […]
PRP Therapy for Acne Scars
We are often asked, “Can you help with acne scars?” For many the answer is yes. We have seen many patients over the years with various levels and degrees of acne scaring who have benefitted from our PRP treatments. What are our PRP treatments and how do they work? Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) is a […]
Treatment for Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction
Patients will often come into our office with an MRI, low back pain and a diagnosis of sacroiliac joint dysfunction. They are in our office because they may have been told that they should consider a surgical recommendation to spinal fusion. For many of these people, the MRI was the confirmation that their surgeon needed […]
You Need a Hip Replacement and Spinal Surgery. What Do You Treat First?
Many people email us about their hip and back pain. Some have been recommended to a hip replacement, some have been recommended to a spinal surgery. Some have been recommended to both surgeries and they are in the process of choosing between one or the other and exploring options to help them avoid one or […]
Stem Cell Therapy for Spinal Stenosis
I want to begin this article with two case studies we recently published research in the Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research.(1) The patient was a 77 year-old female with a 20-year history of lower back pain, which had progressed with age. The patient wore a back brace to attempt to reduce the stiffness and pain when […]
Prp Treatments for Hip Bursitis and Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome
Over the years we have seen many patients with hip pain. Many of them having a “hip bursitis.” If you have a diagnosis of bursitis, you know what it is, as most you have been diagnosed with a trochanteric bursitis or an iliopsoas bursitis. Sometimes both. The iliopsoas bursitis is felt in the groin area on the […]
Alternative to Spinal Fusion Surgery
In our practice we often see patients who are in severe back pain. These people have an MRI, X-ray and/or scan that may show an inaccurate picture of what is causing their pain. What do I mean by inaccurate picture? The MRI cannot show muscle spasms from a simple back strain which can cause excruciating […]
Options to Waiting for Cervical Neck Surgery
I regularly see patients who have been told by another doctor that they need a neck surgery to prevent the further degeneration of their cervical spine. Some of these patients are very frightened by what their doctor told them. Some were told that if their symptoms progress they could risk permanent damage to their ability to […]
How Injected Stem Cells Can Mobilize Stem Cells Already in Your Knee to Jump Start a New Repair Cycle
Stem cell therapy works in a multi-factorial way. Stem cells repair, stem cells regenerate, and stem cells communicate. Communication is one of the key but less understood functions of stem cell therapy. In this communication aspect, newly introduced stem cells (those introduced in stem cell therapy injections) can mobilize stem cells already in your knee […]
Why Are Patients Who Are at Risk for a Poor Recovery Still Waiting for Spinal Surgery?
It may be more challenging to get a spinal surgery these days. For some people it may be even more challenging to recover from it once they do have it. Let’s look at two studies, seven years apart, from the same learning institute. The research concerns pain and fear of movement following spinal surgery and […]
What Are Painkillers Doing to Your Hormone Levels?
Here is an example patient we often see. Patient is in the “tween” period. They have advancing osteoarthritis but are too young for joint replacement. They come into to see us complaining that they are being pain managed along until the deterioration of their joint is sufficient enough to warrant surgery or they simply become old enough […]
You Have an MRI That Says You Need Shoulder Surgery. Do You Really Need It?
We do a lot of research in our clinic, one topic we frequently research is shoulder osteoarthritis. One of the subtopics we research is the question, “why did someone get a shoulder surgery?” Often times the answer is: “because my shoulder MRI was bad.” My Shoulder MRI is bad, my doctor says it is time […]
Patellar tendinopathy
Over the years we have seen a lot of people with knee problems. Many of them with problems of the patellar tendon. They have had many treatments including, cortisone, physical therapy, rest, some of the them wear big braces on their knees. They are doing a consult with me because they are still looking for […]
Do You Need ACL Reconstruction Surgery? Can You Play Without the Surgery?
The problems of ACL reconstruction surgery are many. So much so that surgeons are now exploring new surgical options. In the medical journal Knee, doctors discuss the resurgence of interest in primary anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) repair.(1) This is a surgery that will attempt to fix the remnant or remaining ACL with what is left behind. […]
Vitamin D and Knee Pain
Vitamin D can be an important supplement in supporting various types of knee osteoarthritis treatments. Research as outlined below suggests that vitamin D supplementation can help alleviate pain and symptoms related to degenerative knee disease. What I hope to achieve in this article is that if you have a realistic expectation of what vitamin D […]
Platelet-rich Plasma for Hamstring Injuries
Someone will email an MRI of their hamstring problem. They will talk about the microtearing in the hamstring tendons and pain and soreness with certain movements and especially sitting. They have had a cortisone injection and anti-inflammatories. They have rested it and rested it and it is still not improving. Can PRP treatments help? Over […]
Treatment for Achilles Tendon Rupture
I receive many emails about accelerating the healing of a surgically repaired tendon with stem cell therapy. These emails come from athletes or people who need to get back to work much faster than their surgical rehabilitation is allowing them to. Generally speaking stem cell therapy can be very successful in augmentation repair of a […]
Chronic Shoulder Instability and Dislocation
Many people call or email me with problems of chronic shoulder dislocation or subluxation. The main reason for their call or email is to see if our stem cell therapy or Platelet Rich Plasma therapy treatments may provide a realistic option to the shoulder surgery they are deciding on or waiting for. Patients are typically […]
Shoulder Impingement – Subacromial Shoulder Pain – Non-surgical Options
You go to the doctor with a complaint of severe shoulder pain. The pain is at the top and side of your shoulder. You tell your doctor that the pain is much worse when you do anything where you have to reach over your head. You also have a hard time sleeping at night because […]
Rotator Cuff Tears – Stem Cell Therapy, Prp, Cortisone and Surgery
We get a lot of emails from people looking at their rotator cuff options. The emails we get center around the possibilities that a surgery can be avoided with regenerative medicine injection options such as stem cell therapy or Platelet Rich Plasma therapy or PRP. There is some new research I will explore with you […]
Shoulder Labrum Repair and Biceps Tenodesis
Many emails that come in from this website, come from people asking about SLAP tear surgery. Some people want to know if they can avoid surgery. Some people are looking for options because they cannot get a SLAP tear surgery. Why can’t they get the surgery? Because their doctor/surgeon does not hold out good hope […]
Alternatives to Shoulder Replacement
As many people contemplate waiting for a shoulder replacement and they have the time to review the research, they see that they have three main options to manage their shoulder pain. Replace the ball and socket of the shoulder joint. The reason a shoulder replacement can be tricky is that the joint is more a […]
Research: Some Spinal Surgeries and Mris Are “unjustified and Wasteful”
As with other joint problems, I will often get emails that are simply an MRI report. The MRI tells me that the person has a disc herniation at L1 or L2 or L4 or L5. Then the report will describe varying degrees of degenerative disc disease. The email will end with “can you help?” That […]
Research: Epidural Steroid Injections Do Not Prevent Back Surgery – They Cause It
Epidural steroid injections do not heal a bad back. Some researchers consider epidural steroid injections to be, at best, a very short-term painkiller that sometimes prevents a patient from getting the proper treatment for his/her back pain. The one thing that surgeons and regenerative medicine specialists agree on is the question being raised in the medical literature asking […]
Non-surgical Treatment of Degenerative Disc Disease
I will frequently receive emails from a web visitor that say, I have a serious back problem, I am being advised to have spinal surgery for degenerative disc disease, can you help me? I then write back, “what is the nature of your serious back problem?“ The answer? “I have significant degenerative disc disease showing up on MRI and I […]
Platelet Rich Plasma Chronic Back Pain Treatments
This article has been updated with new research findings on PRP injections and low back pain. In 2019 we published our study on the effectiveness of PRP treatments for the patient for chronic low back pain. The study appears in the journal Cogent Medicine.(1) This research gives an insight into what level of treatment success we […]
Treatment of Hip Osteoarthritis With Platelet-rich Plasma Injections
We have long used bone marrow derived stem cells and Platelet Rich Plasma injections as effective and reliable treatments for the patient with hip osteoarthritis. When a patient comes into our office, the realistic expectation of effectiveness of treatment is confirmed by a physical examination and a patient history. Following the consultation we sit down with the […]
Systemic and Local Side-effects of Corticosteroid Injections Including Joint Destruction
A patient will often come into our office with conflicting ideas about cortisone injections. The patient will tell us that his/her other doctors told them that cortisone injections are safe, effective, and will help their pain, if used sparingly. But, intuitively, the patient had doubts and concerns. Corticosteroids are powerful anti-inflammatory substances. They are not […]
Stem Cell Therapy, Prp or Hyaluronic Acid Knee Injections?
Many patients we see, have been researching their options in treating their chronic knee pain. These people come to see us because they are exploring non-surgical alternatives and have investigated various forms of regenerative medicine techniques. This includes the use of their own blood platelets as a healing solution, (more commonly referred to as Platelet Rich […]
