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How to Reduce Your Knee Pain as a Runner
Your knee joints withstand repeated pressure when you run, making them prone to lasting pain. Follow these easy steps to ease the discomfort and stiffness.
Apr 1st, 2025

How to Find Lasting Sciatica Relief
Nerve conditions like sciatica often resolve with time. However, long-lasting sciatica pain can become an ongoing source of discomfort. Here’s what you can do to relieve it.
Feb 7th, 2025
Does PRP Therapy Help Disc Disease?

Does PRP Therapy Help Disc Disease?

PRP therapy gives your tissues the extra help they need to heal. Find out if it’s the right choice for treating back pain due to disc disease.
Jan 3rd, 2025

Treating Your Sciatica with Prolotherapy
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!
Jul 25th, 2024
Why Has PRP Become Such a Popular Treatment?

Why Has PRP Become Such a Popular Treatment?
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!
May 2nd, 2024

4 Tips to Manage Sciatica Pain at Work
Sciatica pain can interfere with your productivity, no matter your line of work. Follow our top tips for reducing your symptoms while on the job.
Feb 1st, 2024
We Can Help You Avoid Tommy John Surgery 

We Can Help You Avoid Tommy John Surgery 
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. 
Oct 2nd, 2023
Daily life is much more challenging when back pain persists beyond all of your efforts to heal. While long-term back pain is

Nonsurgical Options for Back Pain
 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. 
Aug 18th, 2023
Tips for Avoiding Tendon Strains

Tips for Avoiding Tendon Strains
A tendon strain can impact your mobility for months. Find out what you can do today to avoid overstretching or tearing a tendon in the future.
May 31st, 2023
Why Does My Neck Hurt So Much?

Why Does My Neck Hurt So Much?
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.
May 2nd, 2023
Radiofrequency Ablation: All of Your Questions Answered

Radiofrequency Ablation: All of Your Questions Answered
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.
Apr 1st, 2023
Prolotherapy for TMJ Pain: How Does It Work?

Prolotherapy for TMJ Pain: How Does It Work?
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.
Jan 12th, 2023
What Is a Radiofrequency Ablation Procedure Like?

What Is a Radiofrequency Ablation Procedure Like?
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.
Dec 1st, 2022
When is an Epidural Injection the Best Choice?

When is an Epidural Injection the Best Choice?
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.
Nov 1st, 2022
How PRP Can Treat Your Sciatica

How PRP Can Treat Your Sciatica
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.
Sep 1st, 2022
Warning Signs of Whiplash

Warning Signs of Whiplash
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.
Aug 1st, 2022
Are Your Shoes to Blame for Your Hip Pain?

Are Your Shoes to Blame for Your Hip Pain?
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.
Jun 1st, 2022
Exercises to Try if You Have Sciatica

Exercises to Try if You Have Sciatica
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.
May 1st, 2022
PRP: Is It Right for Me?

PRP: Is It Right for Me?
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?
Apr 3rd, 2022
Problems That Can Occur With Repetitive Cortisone Injections

Problems That Can Occur With Repetitive Cortisone Injections
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.
Mar 2nd, 2022
Is Working From Home a Pain in Your Neck?

Is Working From Home a Pain in Your Neck?
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.
Jan 4th, 2022
How Effective Is Viscosupplementation in Remedying Knee Pain

How Effective Is Viscosupplementation in Remedying Knee Pain
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.
Nov 15th, 2021
Understanding Radiofrequency Ablation

Understanding Radiofrequency Ablation
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.
Oct 15th, 2021

Remedy Sciatica and Prevent it From Returning
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.
Sep 1st, 2021

Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) for Knee Pain
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.
Dec 25th, 2020

Stem Cell Treatment Miracles?
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.
Dec 24th, 2019

Customized Treatment Plans
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...
Oct 14th, 2019

Are All Injections the Same??
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...
Sep 20th, 2019

A New Era In Orthopedics
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...
Mar 29th, 2019

What Is Regenerative Orthopedics?
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.
Mar 29th, 2019