Alternative to Surgery
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Subscribe to the BlogPosterolateral Corner Injury
The posterior lateral corner of the knee is the back outside area of the knee. Injuries here can happen in sports or other accidents and most of these don’t need surgery. Let’s dig into this topic and also spend some time going over an injury where surgery was recommended, but not needed. What Causes Posterior…read more
Neck Pain And Dizziness: The Inner Ear Is Only Part Of The Picture
Did you know that your neck can make you dizzy? Most patients don’t know that dizziness also known as cervical vertigo and neck pain can be connected, and many physicians miss this diagnosis.[1] Why? Both patients and doctors think inner ear or brain when dizziness occurs. However, when the neck component of our balance system…read more
Shoulder Labral Tear Surgery Pros and Cons
Quick links: What is a shoulder labral tear? What are the causes of labral tears? What is shoulder instability? How is a labral tear related to shoulder instability? What happens if you have shoulder instability after labral tear surgery? I evaluated a patient this week who shows off the warts of our modern orthopedic care…read more Stemell: Another Umbilical Cord “Stem Cell” Therapy Bites the Dust
If you read this blog, you know that we have many umbilical cord “stem cell” clinics out there that claim to be delivering live stem cells but in reality are delivering dead tissue. The FDA has been slowly but surely sending out Warning Letters to the companies that supply these clinics and yesterday another one…read more Meniscus Surgery Alternative: Please Read This First
I have blogged extensively about pursuing a meniscus surgery alternative since research years ago began showing that this surgery was not helping patients and may be harming them. Now new research also shows just how poorly this procedure works and how it’s likely pushing patients toward an earlier knee replacement. Let’s dig in. What is…read more Do Shoulder Labral Tears Need Surgery?
Do shoulder labral tears need surgery? What happens if a labral tear goes untreated? Can you fix a labral tear through injections? Let’s dig in. What is a Shoulder Labral Tear? The labrum is the lip around the socket where the ball of the shoulder bone fits. It provides stability along with the shoulder ligaments…read more Pain in the Back of The Heel?
As a physician who practices interventional orthopedics, I see many patients each month with pain in the back of the heel. What are the common causes of this problem? How can it be fixed? Let’s dig in. What’s in The Back of the Heel that Could Cause Pain? Calcaneus The bone at the back of…read more Can a Ligament Grow Back? Getting an Athlete’s ACL to Heal
On this page: What is the ACL and can it grow back? Can ACL tears be treated without surgery? An athlete’s ACL story We began treating ACL tears using x-ray guidance and high-dose bone marrow concentrate back in 2011 before anyone else was performing that procedure and frankly before anyone else was doing much of…read more
