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Neck Nerve Ablation: Why Ablate When You Can Regenerate?
A revolution in medicine quietly occurred in the 90’s that didn’t make the press or get screamed from the mountaintops, but it was a game changer none the less. Smart people figured out that neck joints were being injured in what was amorphously known as “whiplash”. The revolution came when someone figured out that neck…read more
Understanding Your Spine Video…
I talk with many patients who have chronic back and neck everyday. Understanding your spine is crucial in understanding what’s wrong with your spine. If you don’t have a good sense of what’s broken, it’s really hard to make informed decisions about what to do to help the problem. Hence, I put together a video that focuses on building…read more
New Video on Back and Neck Stem Cell Treatments…
The issue of stem cells and disc problems is a complex one that often gets simplified by doctors advertising stem cell spine treatments into: “stem cells are magic fairy dust to be sprinkled on the spine to cure even severe degenerative disc disease”. The truth however, is much more complex than this simple message. Based…read more
Helping a Firefighter Keep Kicking!
Many of our patients have a similar story. They’re active people, often pursuing a dream that requires them to be active, and then one or more injuries catch up with them and their dream is placed on hold. They do their research and soon learn that traditional orthopedic surgical procedures aren’t the answer, so they…read more
New Study Raises Spinal Stenosis Surgery Questions…
It’s been an awful few years for the orthopedic surgical model of care. Outcome study after outcome study continues to fell sacred surgical cows like so many dominoes. The most recent surgical victim is spinal stenosis surgery with a new study showing that the patients that had it did no better in the long run…read more
Neck and Thumb Pain: A Doctor’s Personal Story
Are neck and thumb pain connected? Can a nerve in your neck cause hand arthritis? In the early summer, I had a pinched nerve in my neck and shortly thereafter, on the hand that was getting numb, evidence of early arthritis appeared in that thumb joint. Believe it or not, these two things are quite…read more
Neck Epidural Failed? What to Do Next…
What’s your next move if your neck epidural failed to relieve your pain or numbness? Mary-Frances is an airline pilot who was looking at more surgery and not being able to pass an FAA physical. Rather than get that second surgery, we were able to help her with the Regenexx-DDD procedure after her neck epidural…read more
