Recent News Articles
Platelet rich plasma in arthroscopic rotator cuff repair: a prospective RCT study, 2-year follow-up.
HYPOTHESIS: Local application of autologous platelet rich plasma (PRP) improves tendon healing in patients undergoing arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. STUDY DESIGN: Prospective, randomized, controlled, double blind study; considering an alpha level of 5%, a power of...
Platelet-Rich Plasma Helps Tennis Elbow
Study: PRP Beats Cortisone Shots for Tennis Elbow Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) -- the latest, still-controversial treatment for tendon injuries -- heals tennis elbow better than corticosteroid shots, a new study suggests. Because they get very little blood, injured...
Use of platelet-rich plasma for the treatment of refractory jumper’s knee
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of multiple platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections on the healing of chronic refractory patellar tendinopathy after previous classical treatments have failed. We treated 15 patients affected by chronic jumper’s knee,...
IN STATES WITH MEDICAL MARIJUANA, PAINKILLER DEATHS DROP BY 25%
America has a major problem with prescription pain medications like Vicodin and OxyContin. Overdose deaths from these pharmaceutical opioids have approximately tripled since 1991, and every day 46 people die of such overdoses in the United States. However, in the 13...
Why did physical therapy make me worse?
By Dr. Michael Brown, MD, DC As a spine interventional specialist I am typically referred patients for consultation that have failed usual conservative means. A common complaint that I hear quite frequently is “I tried physical therapy and it made be worse”. Physical...
Nitric Oxide
The Miracle Molecule Nitric oxide is a signaling molecule and a gas. It tells the arteries to relax, which improves circulation and blood flow. The discovery of this “miracle molecule” won the Nobel Price in 1998 and was named “Molecule of the Year” in 1992. Nitric...
TENS Unit
A "CMS 3000 TENS unit" is a pocket size, portable, battery-operated device that sends electrical impulses to certain parts of the body to block pain signals. The CMS 3000 TENS unit sends comfortable impulses through the skin that stimulate the nerve (or nerves) in the...
Topical Prescription Creams vs. Narcotics and Opiods
A recent survey has shown why switching to topical prescription creams can greatly benefit those who are addicted to opiods and other narcotics. The survey conducted in 2013 by the Patient Outcomes Analytics (POA) interviewed 3,600 chronic pain...
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
TMS--used primarily for the aberrant mood swings experienced by TBI patients including depression, anxiety, etc. There is also evidence that TMS is beneficial for pain experienced by TBI patients. http://psychiatry.yale.edu/research/programs/clinical_people/rtms.aspx...
Transcranial Low-Level Laser Therapy
What is LLLT? Low-Level Laser Therapy is a unique form of laser light that reduces inflammatory mediators such as prostanglandins, decrease bleeding, and improve mitochondrial ATP production. LLLT has been shown to penetrate the skull to directly aid damaged...
Chronic neck pain and whiplash: A case-control study of the relationship between acute whiplash injuries and chronic neck pain
The authors undertook a case-control study of chronic neck pain and whiplash injuries in nine states in the United States to determine whether whiplash injuries contributed significantly to the population of individuals with chronic neck and other spine pain. Four...
Treatment of Achilles Tendinopathy with Platelet-Rich Plasma
Non-insertional Achilles tendinopathy commonly impedes the functioning of active persons. Treatment methods vary, as do their results. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of non-insertional Acilles tendinopathy treatment with autologous...
Intra-articular injection of an autologous preparation rich in growth factors for the treatment of knee OA: a retrospective cohort study
ABSTRACT Objective. To obtain preliminary information about the effectiveness of intra-articular injections of an autologous preparation rich in growth factors (PRGF) for knee OA treatment to be explored further in future studies. Methods. We have characterized PRGF...
The Effects of Prolotherapy Versus Prolozone in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis
The current study shows that prolotherapy with hypertonic dextrose or prolozone (intraarticular ozone injection) can be effectively used in the nonoperative management of patients with KOA. Prolotherapy is an injection therapy for the management of chronic...
Prolotherapy: The Non-Surgical Therapy
It's called prolotherapy -- a modern procedure growing in popularity that is based on the ancient techniques of creating a small injury to prompt healing. Back then, it was a hot poker, placed into a ligament. It's a needle essentially filled with sugar water. The...
Journal of Comprehensive Integrative Medicine
MEET DR. NORM SHEALY – HOLISTIC PAIN & DEPRESSION SPECIALIST Norman Shealy is one of the world’s leading experts in pain & depression management. He was the first physician to specialize in the resolution of chronic pain. A pioneer in developing safe and...
Meditation vs. Medication
Through meditation our mind begins to settle, and as it does, something extraordinary takes place: all the fragmented aspects of ourselves come home. Negativity and aggression, pain, suffering, and frustration are actually defused. Often, you may feel the situation...
CranioSacral Therapy
Certain light-touches to the cranium can relieve stress and enhance brain function by lessening connective tissue strain. Reducing the stress, the brain cells are able to work at their optimal level and address sites throughout the body that are compromised....
Getting to the Root Causes of Your Health Issues
Wendy Elkin is a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and Functional Diagnostic who offers holistic alternatives for men and women who want to heal the root causes of health issues. Step-by-step programs combine her background in nutritional therapy and training...
Hyperbaric Oxygenation Effects on Blood Flow
Hyperbaric Oxygenation (HBOT) directly and dramatically increases tissue oxygenation, slowing and reversing hypoxic induced apoptosis. HBOT does this by restoring blood supply to the compromised region by the generation of new capillary networks...
Platelet-rich plasma treatment more effective than cortisone for severe hip bursitis
Chronic hip bursitis is a common yet difficult condition to treat successfully. A recent study compared the results of PRP and cortisone injections in patients with severe chronic hip (greater trochanteric) bursitis. In the study, "Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) More...
Platelet-Rich Plasma Injection or PRP Injection
Tendon disorders comprise 30% to 50% of all activity-related injuries; chronic degenerative tendon disorders (tendinopathy) occur frequently and are difficult to treat. Tendon regeneration might be improved by injecting platelet-rich plasma (PRP), an increasingly used...
Platelet-rich plasma: New clinical application A pilot study for treatment of jumper’s knee
This study describes a simple, low-cost, minimally invasive way to apply PRP growth factors to chronic patellar tendinosis; 20 male athletes with a mean history of 20.7 months of pain received treatment, and outcomes were prospectively evaluated at 6 months follow-up....
Ozone Therapy Research Articles
Dr. Hughes' primary rationale for use of injected ozone, alongside its benefits to mitigate pain, is its safe and very potent antimicrobial effects as part of sterile technique. Ozone therapy can induce the following biological responses Improves blood circulation and...
Mechanisms of Action Involved in Ozone Therapy
The therapeutic efficacy of ozone therapy may be partly due the controlled and moderate oxidative stress produced by the reactions of ozone with several biological components. The line between effectiveness and toxicity of ozone may be dependent on the strength of the...
How Safe Is Your Cookware?
You maybe trying to eat healthy by buying organic fruits and veggies and cooking home meals, but you may not realize the pots and pans you use to cook are poisoning you. You may not even give a second thought about what you use to prepare your meals. You may even feel...
The Vital Psoas Muscle
Connecting , Physical , Emotional & Spiritual Well Being Excerpts from Author Joann Stauguards- Jones book The Vital Psoas Muscle The core area of our bodies is made up of a group of muscles that girdle the spine to hold it in balance. The Psoas Major is...
Back Pain: Movement is Medicine
New Treatment for Headaches and TBI
Without needles, cotton swabs, atomizer sprays, or systemic narcotics, the SphenoCath has been shown to deliver pain relief in a 15 minute procedure! When it comes to serious chronic and episodic migrainous pain, SPG blocks have been proven to be effective. An SPG...
Mindfulness Meditation
Persistent pain is not only life-altering for the patient, (causing missed worked days or early...