Skip to Main Content
Make an Appointment

The Centeno-Schultz Blog

exercise improves your aging immune system

Exercise Improves Your Aging Immune System

Our immune system and its ability to protect us from infections is more important than ever. Dr. Schultz discusses the immune system, its function, its decline in aging and strategies to optimize it.
treating knee arthritis with prop and stem cells

Stem Cell And PRP: A Promising Treatment For Arthritis

NEW RESEARCH: IS THERE EVIDENCE FOR TREATING KNEE ARTHRITIS WITH PRP AND STEM CELLS? We try to be as up-to-date on the latest research when it comes to orthopedic care. A few weeks ago a new article came out as a review article on cellular-based treatments covering treating knee arthritis with PRP and stem cells.  … Continued
rotator cuff: Infraspinatus, Supraspinatus,

Rotater Cuff Tear Surgery

Shoulder Pain Shoulder pain can come in many different forms and be caused by many different issues. Many structures exist in a small area making it more difficult to accurately diagnose what is causing pain without spending appropriate time to diagnose the issue. Common causes of shoulder pain include shoulder arthritis, acromioclavicular (AC) joint sprain … Continued
groin pain after hip replacement

Groin Pain after Hip Replacement: What Is Being Missed?

Your hip replacement surgery was 6 months ago and you are still having pain.  Is it normal to have groin pain after total hip replacement?  What are the causes of groin pain after total hip replacement?  What are the signs of a failing hip replacement?  What treatment options exist?  Let’s dig in. Is it Normal … Continued
Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy

Autologous Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy

What are stem cells? First, when we say “stem cells” that can mean many different things. There are embryonic stem cells, adult stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells, blood stem cells, etc. We are going to focus only on human adult Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs), the same-day treatment is called Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy. These … Continued
ulna shortening

Will Ulna Shortening Surgery Fix Your Wrist Pain?

Ulnar shortening is one of those procedures that is on our no-no list of surgeries. Unfortunately, however, we occasionally encounter a patient whose orthopedic surgeon has recommended this as a solution to the patient’s problem. The patient, who’s in pain and thinking all other treatment options have been exhausted, is sometimes very close to pulling … Continued
rotator cuff tears without surgery

MRI Images Showing Torn Rotator Cuff

What Is the Rotator Cuff? The Rotator Cuff is a group of 4 principal muscles that stabilize and support the shoulder joint. The four muscles, and their attached tendons that comprise the Rotator Cuff are the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, subscapularis, and teres minor, and any of these could be where we could find Rotator Cuff tears. … Continued
navicular bone pain

3 Things to Know About Navicular Bone Pain

Foot pain can be crippling.  Where is Navicular Bone?  Why Does my Navicular Bone Hurt?  How do you treat Navicular bone pain?  Let’s dig in. Where is Navicular Bone? There are 26 bones in the foot.  The Navicular Bone is a small C-shaped bone located on the inside portion of the midfoot.  It is nestled … Continued