The Centeno-Schultz Blog

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Brostrom Ankle Surgery: Reasons To Avoid This Surgery

Ligaments are the thick connective bands of connective tissue that connect one bone to bone. There are three important ankle ligaments on the outside of the ankle that provide stabilize the joint.  Brostrom ankle surgery is a reconstruction of one or more lateral ankle ligaments. Dr. Schultz discusses the risks and rehabilitation of Brostrom ankle surgery and a new treatment that is an effective alternative to lateral ankle sugery.

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What is SI Joint Instability? Can It Be Fixed?

I’m an aging athlete with some SI joint instability. However, many patients have much more instability which can be disabling. So what is SI joint instability? How can it be treated? How does that intersect with my backcountry skiing? Let me explain. What is SI Joint Instability? Your pelvis has three joints. You have two … Continued

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Interstitial Cystitis Natural Treatment: A New Novel Treatment Option

Interstitial Cystitis, also known as painful bladder syndrome or hypersensitive bladder, is a chronic symptom complex of the bladder characterized by lower pelvic pain, urinary frequency, and urgency. Dr. Schultz discusses diagnosis, treatment options and a novel, natural treatment option that involves the injection of PRP around irritated nerves.

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Lyftogt Injections – What You Need to Know

Lyftogt Injections also referred to as perineural injections (PIT) or neuroprolotherapy are small, low dose glucose injections near superficial nerves intended to reverse nerve inflammation and pain.  Dr. Schultz discusses important differences between neuroprolotherapy and prolotherapy and new techniques to safely inject irritated or compressed nerves.

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Dr. Schultz Presents at 2020 CTLA Meeting

Dr. Schultz presented a lecture at the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association annual meeting. He discussed injuries to the upper cervical spine, how they are diagnosed, and a new groundbreaking nonsurgical treatment option performed exclusively at the Centeno-Schultz Clinic.

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Understanding Common Injections for CCI Patients

Many craniocervical instability (CCI) patients get confused about the injection procedures that are available that may help their condition and how those intersect with the PICL procedure. This is understandable as it’s very hard for patients to conceptualize the differences in procedure types and the skill required to pull each off. Hence this blog will … Continued

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PRP And Stem Cell Based Ligament Treatments: What To Expect

Transcript Hi. It’s Dr. Centeno And today we’re going to talk about how ligaments respond to PRP and stem cells. Now, patients can really be confused and anxious after precise PRP or stem cell injections into a damaged ligament. They just don’t understand the phases and what’s happening to them. So, they don’t understand their … Continued

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Denver Regenerative Medicine Review

Trying to find a quality regenerative medicine clinic is tough. There’s more misinformation out there than good information. This morning I’ll review a chiropractic clinic called Denver Regenerative Medicine. Let’s dig in. Denver Regenerative Medicine Located in central Denver, Denver Regenerative Medicine is a chiropractic clinic that offers stem cell therapy, hormone replacement, and testosterone … Continued

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Exosome Therapy Review

Does exosome therapy work? How does it work? Does it have side effects? Let’s dive into an exosome therapy review. Are Exosomes Stem Cells? The first critical question in an exosome therapy review is what are exosomes? Are exosomes stem cells? In short, no. Exosomes are small packets of information released by all cells in … Continued

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Lipogems Patient Reviews vs Published Research

Lipogems is a medical device that processes a patient's own fat.  The fat is used in the treatment of various orthopedic conditions. Dr. Schultz discusses the important difference between adipose stem cells, and fat graft treatments, and published studies using the Lipogems procedure.

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