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 […]
Jul 23, 2020
Low back pain is probably THE most common diagnosis we see here at 360 Sports, Spine and Wellness. Did you know that the lifetime prevalence of low back pain is 84%?! That means that 8-9 out of every 10 people will experience low back pain at some point in their life. Why is this? How […]
Jun 10, 2020
“Doc, can I PLEASE get a cortisone shot?” This is a question we’ve received many times over the years as patients would seek out cortisone injections to help with pain and inflammation. Sometimes these injections would help buy the patient some time and allow them to have decreased pain. However, the literature continues to mount […]