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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Treatment of Melasma

If you have Melasma, you know what it is, it is patchy brown skin discoloration that appears on your face. It is a hyperpigmentation or as it is called in the research below “Melasma is a cosmetically disfiguring disorder of facial pigmentation.” In this article, we will discuss the use of Platelet Rich Plasma therapy […]