Oct 07, 2020
We have spoken before in our blogs regarding how complex and amazing the human body is and how one person’s pain and injury is not the same as the next persons. Unfortunately our musculoskeletal system is prone to injuries that then undergo a repair cycle and the repair process is not always perfect leading to […]
Sep 29, 2020
This is one of the more frequent questions that we receive, and rightly so. The field of regenerative medicine is very complex with many questions remaining to be answered. Oftentimes, the more appropriate question is whether or not an injection is needed in the first place. The most appropriate answer is, “It depends.” […]
Sep 03, 2020
Platelet rich plasma, or PRP, refers to an injection procedure that uses the healing factors from your blood to stimulate and promote healing in an area of chronic injury. Our blood contains platelets and hundreds of growth factors and healing proteins, which naturally get recruited to areas of injury. In order to isolate these healing […]
Aug 28, 2020
It has been over a year since I last spoke about “stem cells” and how there are many practices and clinicians offering “stem cell” injections to the public. These clinics are making claims that the cellular-based therapies they are injecting are curative and cannot only help with musculoskeletal pain but in some cases claims are […]
May 13, 2020
The rotator cuff is comprised of 4 tendons that are located deep to the bigger deltoid muscle. The tendons of the rotator cuff provide dynamic stability to the shoulder joint with various movement. Due to their location, these tendons are susceptible to both (1) overuse injury and (2) acute/sudden injury. Overuse injury typically presents months, […]