elbows and arms

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Is Ulnar Nerve Entrapment Surgery for Your Elbow Your Best Alternative?

Are you experiencing persistent tingling, numbness, or weakness in your fingers and hand, particularly on the pinky side? Ulnar nerve entrapment, a condition where the ulnar nerve is compressed or irritated at the elbow, can cause these symptoms.  While conservative treatments like splinting and physical therapy can help the majority of patients, severe cases may … Continued

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8 Golfer’s Elbow Exercises That Can Ease Your Symptoms

One of the main treatment options for a golfer’s elbow is physical therapy combined with a home exercise program. It involves specific golfer’s elbow exercises that will ease the symptoms of pain, weakness, and stiffness of the elbow.  You can read more about what causes Medial Epicondylitis, aka golfer’s elbow or common flexor tendinosis, and … Continued

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PRP for UCL Injury – PRP Injections for UCL Tear

Dr. Pitts Talks About PRP for UCL Injury as an Alternative to Tommy John Surgery Transcript Hi everybody. This is Dr. John Pitts with the Centeno-Schultz Clinic, where we lead and invented much of the field of Interventional Orthopedics and regenerative medicine. Mainly we treat most musculoskeletal and orthopedic problems with injections of your own … Continued

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Golfer’s Elbow Vs. Tennis Elbow

Elbow pain can be debilitating. Dr. Schutlz discusses the differences between Tennis elbow and Golfers elbow and successful treatment options that do NOT include steroids, NSAIDs or surgery.

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Ulnar Shortening Surgery: What You Need to Know

Ulnar shortening surgery, also known as ulnar osteotomy, is cutting out a portion of the ulna bone which is thought to be causing excessive force, injury, and pain in the wrist. Dr. Schultz discusses the indications, complications and non surgical alternatives in the treatment of ulnar sided wrist pain.

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Tommy John Surgery Success Rate

Injury to the ulnar collateral ligament in the arm and the surgical procedure commonly used to "repair" it is called the Tommy John Surgery. Dr. Schultz discusses complications, return to play and decline in performance, shorter career, and re-injury.

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Centeno-Schultz Clinic Proudly Sponsors United States Tennis Association

The Centeno-Schultz Clinic was excited to announce their sponsorship of the United States Tennis Association this week and get involved in the tennis community. It was a very exciting weekend. On Saturday morning we sponsored a coaches workshop at the Denver Tennis Park led by Wayne Bryan. Wayne is a former tennis club owner and … Continued

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Dumb Surgery Alert: Biceps Tenodesis

We’ve added yet another surgery to our dumb-surgeries list here at the clinic. You’d think after all these years, the crazy surgeries patients come to us after having endured wouldn’t still shock us. Unfortunately, however, we still seem to be thinking, They did what to you? a bit too often when these patients are explaining … Continued

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Tommy John Surgery: The Only Solution For A UCL Tear?

We’re in the home stretch of baseball season in the Major Leagues, so it seems fitting to talk about a common injury that occurs in baseball players, particularly pitchers. The injury is to the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in the arm, and the procedure often performed to “repair” it is called Tommy John surgery. Let’s … Continued

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Is Your Tennis Elbow Really an Elbow Problem?

With spring giving way to summer next week and Wimbledon just around the corner, we are in the midst of tennis season, when tennis courts everywhere stay busy with athletes in training and weekend warriors alike. While the term “tennis elbow” may lead you to believe it is a risk of the game, the truth … Continued

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