Regenerative Injection Therapy: What You Need to Know
Get the facts on regenerative injection therapy, a treatment that uses your body’s natural healing to address chronic pain and injuries effectively.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
