Middle-Age Meniscus Tears? Surgery Isn’t the Solution

Jan 4, 2018 | Blog, Knee, Knee Pain

Chances are, if you’ve noticed a wrinkle or a gray hair here and there, you also have middle-age meniscus tears. However, just because your doctor finds a meniscus tear on an MRI doesn’t mean you need surgery. This is true even if you have knee pain as...

Successful Knee Stem Cell Therapy Returns Skier to Slopes

Mar 11, 2011 | Case Reports, Centeno-Schultz Blog, Knee, Lumbar Spine

Aggressive skiing particularly in the moguls can take it’s toll on one’s knees and back. PM is 55y/o Canadian physician who was passionate about skiing and moguls. Unfortunately he had significant bilateral knee and lower back pain. As a...

Successful Stem Cell Treatment of Meniscus tear

Mar 10, 2011 | Centeno-Schultz Blog, Knee

Tears in the knee meniscus can cause pain and limit activity. Menisectomy is a surgical procedure in which a portion of the injured meniscus is removed. Knee meniscectomies are not without risk: they can advance the...

Steroids and Cell Death: Apoptosis

Mar 3, 2011 | Ankle, Centeno-Schultz Blog, Cervical Spine, Elbow, Foot, Hip, Knee, Lumbar Spine, Shoulder, Thumb, Uncategorized

Apoptosis is the process of programmed cell death. The process is controlled by a variety of factors both within and outside of cells. High dose steroids have been demonstrated to create cell death in muscles, bones, cartilage and...

Anterior Knee Pain: Pes Anserine Bursitis

Feb 21, 2011 | Centeno-Schultz Blog, Knee

Knee pain can be disabling. At the Centeno-Schultz Clinic we acknowledge that it is essential to determine the cause of pain. Pes anserine bursitis and tendinosis is a common cause of anterior knee pain. The pes anserinus is the insertion of the...

Knee Pain, Micromotion and Prolotherapy

Feb 11, 2011 | Case Reports, Centeno-Schultz Blog, Knee, Uncategorized

Ligaments are fibrous tissue that connect bone to bone. In the knee there are 4 principal ligaments; ACL(anterior cruciate ligament), PCL(posterior cruciate ligament),MCL(medial collateral ligament) and LCL(lateral collateral ligament). Ligaments in the...