The Centeno-Schultz Blog

How long does it take to recover from a knee PRP injection? When can you walk? How long does it take for a knee PRP injection to work? Let’s dig into PRP injection knee recovery time. What Is PRP Injection Knee Recovery Time? To understand PRP injection knee recovery time you first have to understand … Continued

We invented the ACL knee stem cell injection procedure like we invented many of the same-day orthopedic injection procedures being offered today. What prompts this blog post is an e-mail from a patient who reported her results and recovery. Like many of our patients, she avoided an ACL surgery recovery through the Perc-ACLR procedure. Hence … Continued

Sacroiliac Joint Surgery is commonly done to treat SI joint instability and pain. Does it have any complications? Is it the best solution for the problem?  In order to answer those questions, we need to start with the Sacroiliac Joint , or SI Joint, itself. What Is the Sacroiliac Joint? The sacroiliac joint is a … Continued

I’m an aging athlete who gets orthobiologic therapies to stay active with a family history of obesity, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes. Meaning, I got dealt a bad hand in the grand poker game of genetics. Recently some groundbreaking research came out on Metformin and how it may slow aging, which coincided with my … Continued

Craniocervical instability is a very misunderstood concept because it’s been made so complex with different measurements and aggressive treatments. Hence, I’ll be writing a series of blogs to try to help patients understand various concepts. Today’s entry is about how CCI measurements relate to instability. What Is Craniocervical Instability? Craniocervical Instability has many names including … Continued

Low back pain can be disabling and erode your quality of life.  What are the common causes of low back pain?  What is lumbar fusion?  Is lumbar fusion effective?  Is there a “Do I need back surgery quiz?” to help navigate this issue? Let’s dig in. Do I Need Back Surgery Quiz Common Causes of … Continued

This is my weekly “Aging Athlete Series” tip. This series is for people in their 30’s and up who want to stay active as they age. Those who want to be that guy or gal who is in their 70’s or 80’s who are still doing cool active stuff. This is my third episode: The … Continued

What’s the success rate of stem cell therapy for hips? You would be surprised that while we can help many problems with orthobiologics, there are some hip problems that can’t be helped. So let’s dig in to make sure you don’t get scammed. What Can Go Wrong in the Hips that Can Cause Pain? There … Continued

I needed some ProActive injections done, so this is a dose of my own medicine. This is part of the ProActive approach I discussed last week (from the book). So the first tip is to fix small problems while they’re small. You can see in the video what I had done. These were all platelet … Continued

Stem Cell Therapy for Broken Bones – That’s a Thing? Fractures of the long bones occur commonly and include the humerus, radius, ulna, femur,  tibia, and fibula.  Often times they require surgery with insertion of rods or plates.  Unfortunately despite patients’ and surgeons’ best efforts, oftentimes these fractures fail to heal.  The all to common … Continued