Is Nonsurgical Treatment for Rotator Cuff Tears a Long-Term Solution?
In today’s modern world, if you’re middle-aged and feel a sudden stabbing pain in your shoulder and then it continues to ache, you get an MRI....
My TOBI Presentation on Perc-ACLR
TOBI PercACLR Procedure Today, at the TOBI conference in Las Vegas, I presented on percutaneous anterior cruciate ligament repair (Perc-ACLR)....
Can Chiropractic Manipulation Increase My Shoulder Strength?
We MDs have traditionally made fun of chiropractors, but more and more research is showing that what they do works. In addition, the concepts...
What's the Difference Between Interventional and Surgical Orthopedics?
What’s the Difference between Interventional and Surgical Orthopedics? While interventional orthopedics and surgical orthopedics both focus on...
What Does It Mean When Your Knee Goes Back Too Far? Meet the PCL
Knee Goes Back Too Far? You might not even notice that your knee goes back too far on one side. Maybe it’s just a little bit that only others...
RIP Shoulder Decompression Surgery: Another Common Orthopedic Surgery Bites the Dust
The orthopedic surgery research this past decade has been like the Queen song, Another One Bites the Dust. It seems like every month another...
The Placebo Effect May Not Be As Powerful As We Think
The entire structure of evidence-based medicine rests on the foundation of one idea, the placebo. Meaning that if a placebo treatment is not as...
Why You Can't Inject a Torn Knee ACL With Ultrasound
When we first began injecting ACL tears with stem cells many years ago, we tried quite a few techniques. At first, it was a very difficult...