Posted in Articles on May 18th, 2010
Did you know that 80% of chronic and persistent musculoskeletal
pain comes from the connective tissues i.e. the highly innervated
attachments of ligaments and tendons, and not from bone, cartilage
and nerve problems?
And did you know that this diagnosis is often overlooked because
X-ray and MRI is not sensitive enough to pick up sprained ligament
and tendon insertions (what we [...]
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Posted in Articles on May 18th, 2010
The pros and cons of Prolotherapy/Regenerative Medicine.
What can Prolo/Regenerative Medicine do and what can it not do?
To start with, no single approach can solve all problems. Prolo cannot address bone fractures, total tears of connective tissue structures and true nerve impingement (accompanied by weakness). However if the primary symptom is pain, I would suggest that [...]
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Posted in Articles on May 18th, 2010
Special applications to sports and auto injuries.
A Short Intro to some special types of injuries:
Golf Injuries
As an avid golfer I hate to see fellow golfers suffer unnecessarily. Golfing injuries are most often repetitive strain type injuries. Common sites are shoulder, elbow, knee and low back. The tissues involved are almost always ligaments and tendons [...]
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Posted in Articles on May 18th, 2010
How we can regenerate damaged joints?
But how does it work? How can injections stimulate healing?
Here, the most important thing is to realize that healing of connective tissues is totally dependent on blood flow. The body can only heal what it can get blood flow to. This is why the connective tissues are so problematic. Their [...]
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Posted in Articles on May 9th, 2010
PRP and Prolotherapy: A highly effective, minimally invasive technique to cure back pain.
As an MD who specializes in musculoskeletal pain and Regenerative Medicine, one of the most common presenting complaints I encounter is backpain. Unfortunately the true cause of backpain is often misdiagnosed and naturally, conventional orthopedic and neurosurgical treatments often yield poor results.
Approximately 80 [...]
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Posted in Articles on Nov 9th, 2009
Revolutionary Technology to regenerate joints, ligaments and tendons
As an M.D. who specializes in musculoskeletal medicine and non-surgical orthopedics, I often see patients who have persistent joint, neck or back pain due to injury or degeneration. What is exciting is we now have the technology to regenerate damaged joints with precisely directed injections. This new field [...]
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