Alternative to Surgery
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Subscribe to the BlogCarpal Tunnel Alternative Treatment: Your Nerves Were Made to Move!
Most patients and physicians think of nerves as static and immobile wires that transmit information. However, despite this conceptualization, your nerves were in fact designed to be very stretchy and mobile. In fact, new research is giving us information on which to base a new paradigm of carpal tunnel alternative treatment – it’s all about nerve…read more
Why You Should Seek Hip Replacement Alternatives: Metal in Your Blood…
Metal on metal minimally invasive hip replacements have become very common, despite their serious problems . Wear particles in metal hips are a big issue as well. Now a research study ties higher blood levels of metal in the blood to patients whose pain gets worse after a metal on metal hip replacement. The purpose…read more
We Need Meniscus Surgery Alternatives: Surgery Linked to More Arthritis…
OK, this is freaky. I wrote a blog yesterday that was focused on how the science behind major orthopedic surgeries was collapsing-i.e. many large studies are showing surgery doesn’t work. Enter stage left a study just out this morning that shows that common meniscus surgeries are linked to the rapid onset of arthritis! How many…read more
Shoulder Surgery Bone Spur Removal Causes Problems
I commonly see patients with chronic shoulder pain who have undergone a shoulder surgery bone spur removal to “open up” the shoulder. Known as distal clavicular resection, it’s one of the most commonly performed shoulder surgeries with rotator cuff repair. New research now shows that the surgery doesn’t help and leads to more shoulder instability…read more
Hip Labral Tear with Arthritis = Poor Outcomes
The most common hip surgery in America, outside of hip replacement is now hip arthroscopy to treat a labral tear. In one four year period, the number of hip arthroscopy surgeries exploded by 600%! Many of these patients have a hip labral tear with arthritis. However, according to a recent study, many of hip surgeries…read more Spinal Stenosis Injections: Never Trust a Back MRI!
Patients considering spinal stenosis injections often come into the office with back pain with thier MRI CDs, believing that this shiny data disc holds the key to their salvation. This makes sense, as many are desperate at that point, their low back having betrayed them by leaving them unable to do what they need to…read more Why are We still Injecting Steroids into Knees and Spines?
Steroid anti-inflammatories are powerful drugs at suppressing swelling. They are very commonly injected into joints that have arthritis and they generally work for a few weeks to months to relieve pain. However, is this a good idea? Many recent studies would argue that this is a really bad practice that should be stopped. There are…read more What is Wobenzym? Is there evidence it helps with arthritis?
I’ve had many arthritis patients come in through the years who claim that Wobenzym helps them, so what is Wobenzym? Is there data that shows it helps arthritis? How does that data stack up against more well known arthritis supplements like glucosamine and chondroitin? How about against anti-inflammatory supplements like curcumin? Wobenzym is a proprietary…read more 
