Steroid injections are frequently recommended for arthritis, but are they a good treatment choice? Explore the risks and benefits of treating your joint pain with steroids.
Experts treat back pain on a case-by-case basis, meaning your treatment protocol may differ from someone else’s with similar symptoms. Here’s how we decide on a strategy.
Sciatica is an intense symptom that requires an advanced care approach. Find out why prolotherapy may be the perfect solution. Keep reading to learn more!
Platelet-rich plasma treatments are taking medicine by storm thanks to their remarkable regenerative properties. Find out if (and why) PRP is a good fit for your needs. Keep reading!
Modern treatments offer more benefits for chronic pain than ever before. Explore our top five reasons to consider prolotherapy for chronic pain management. Keep reading to learn more.
Deteriorating joints can be a source of daily pain and mobility limitations. Compare two of the leading injectable treatments to find out how they reduce pain and stiffness. Keep reading to learn more.
Are you struggling to find answers about the underlying cause of your pain? A nerve block injection could provide the insight you need while offering temporary relief. Read on to learn more.
Tommy John surgery repairs the ulnar collateral ligament in your elbow to stabilize the joint and reduce pain. If your UCL injury limits your daily activities due to pain or instability, consider calling us first.
Blood platelet growth factors are primarily responsible for the natural rebuilding and repair of damaged tissues. When applied in PRP treatments, it’s essential that your provider tracks the dosages for optimized healing.
For many people, back pain is prolonged, debilitating, and persistent. Contemporary nonsurgical treatments can put you back on your feet without the obstacles that come with surgery.
Neck pain can be an occasional unwelcome tinge in the morning or develop slowly over weeks, months, or years. Read on to learn why you’re prone to neck pain and how to prevent it.
Radiofrequency ablation can be a useful treatment for spinal arthritis when more conservative measures fail to provide sufficient relief. In this blog, we answer your most pressing questions about the procedure and discuss its benefits.
Viscosupplementation is one of the safest injection therapies for knee pain. Keep reading to discover how hyaluronic acid injections work and why they’re so effective.
Joint pain can gradually worsen if you don’t get it under control with a joint pain management plan. Here’s why it’s essential to include physical therapy in your treatment regimen.
A painful or clicking jaw can quickly evolve from an occasional inconvenience into a disruptive daily issue. Consider prolotherapy and similar options for a more functional temporomandibular joint.
Radiofrequency ablation has long been trusted as a procedure to eliminate back or joint pain. Knowing what to expect can ease your mind about your upcoming treatment. Read on to learn more.
So many injections and treatments are available for various types of musculoskeletal pain, but not every option is a perfect fit for every case. Find out if an epidural injection is the best option for you.
Stiffening and painful joints due to osteoarthritis tend to get worse over time, but there are treatments to help protect against cartilage loss and improve your joint function for as long as possible. Learn if hyaluronic acid injections are right for you.
A radiating sensation down the back of your leg and buttock is a sign of sciatica. Here’s how regenerative medicine, specifically platelet-rich plasma, helps resolve the symptoms.
Whether you were in a car accident or another impact, whiplash injuries are not a pleasant experience, and they can take substantial time to heal. Read on to find out how you can distinguish a whiplash injury from any other type of neck injury.
Any back pain that flares up with movement is disruptive to your daily productivity and well-being. Find out how the state-of-the-art Intracept procedure improves chronic pain in the back.
Pain in the hip can be due to wear-and-tear on the joint as well as specific injuries. Yet, your choice of footwear can also be one of the primary contributing factors. Explore the link between chronic hip pain and ill-fitting shoes.
Pain, tingling, or numbness radiating down the back of your leg are symptoms of sciatica. Here are a few exercises that can relieve the condition. Read on to learn more.
A lack of improvement after anti-inflammatory injections or medications can be disheartening as you heal from muscle, tendon, ligament, or joint damage. Could platelet-rich plasma be a more beneficial option?
Performed under close physician supervision, cortisone injections can relieve musculoskeletal pain. Yet, they’re not the best option for long-term use. Find out about the possible problems that can happen with recurrent joint injections.
Chronic pain can be cumbersome, especially if you’ve had little or no improvement with treatment. Read on to learn about the three main types of pain that radiofrequency ablation can treat.
Working from home has undeniable perks. Yet, neck pain is a common consequence of at-home work. Fortunately, there are ways of managing and preventing this discomfort. Read on to learn more.
Improper tissue healing after an injury can lead to chronic pain that’s difficult to manage on your own. Find out how prolotherapy works and whether or not it can help with your healing.
Losing joint function and experiencing pain in the knee have widespread effects. If you’re losing your mobility due to knee pain and haven’t found much improvement with your current treatment, it might be time to consider viscosupplementation.
A year of pain relief or longer may seem out of reach, but it’s possible with a single 15-40 minute radiofrequency ablation procedure. The way radiofrequency ablation works to stop pain signals at their source may surprise you.
If you experience unexplained low back pain that radiates down your leg, you may have sciatica. Regenerative orthopedic medicine offers effective solutions for stopping your pain and managing your sciatica.
Natural healing relies on blood flow to an injured area. If we cut ourselves, the area gets red, hot and swollen because of the acute inflammation with a primary goal of healing that tissue.
Are all stem cell treatments the same? Of course not.
That's the simple answer. But what may surprise you is how different the treatments really are from clinic to clinic, patient to patient, and provider to provider.
Integration of treatments from different types of providers who manage pain should be the primary goal in all cases.
Sounds easy, right?
Unfortunately, it's not.
We're at a point where all the different providers who can help you are growing...
Over the years we have seen drastic differences develop in the ways that injections are provided. I will review the differences in the common types of injections, from simplest to most skilled. This should help you find a provider who can take the best...
It's an exciting time to be involved on the cutting edge of orthopedic care. Invasive orthopedic surgeries have proven to be a double edged sword. With surprisingly low level evidence supporting the majority of surgeries, the number of orthopedic spine...
In its simplest form, this is a field of Orthopedics focused on healing and preserving tissue in your body, instead of masking painful symptoms and replacing your body with prosthetic joints, screws, rods, etc.